Dr. Michael Chew @mchew85
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GrepMed Gastroenterology-Hepatology Editor, Academic Hospitalist UC Davis Medical Center Internal Medicine, Yale Gastroenterology Fellow '22
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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Causes of Severe ... Acute Liver Injury ... - Drug-Induced liver ... cholangitis ... Differential #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis ... Algorithm DILI ... for alternative causes ... cholangitis, Primary ... #Injury #Diagnosis
How a cholangiogram corresponds to liver segments
 - Numbers indicate drained hepatic segments
 - Right anterior
How a cholangiogram ... corresponds to liver ... #anatomy #Biliary ... Anatomy #hepatology #ercp ... #liver #segments
Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

US, ultrasound; MRCP, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; ALP,
Algorithm for the ... Diagnosis of Primary ... Biliary Cholangitis ... US, ultrasound; MRCP ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Gallstone Diseases
1. Asymptomatic Stones 75%
2. Biliary Pain 20%
3. Acute Cholecystitis 10%
4. Mirizzi's Syndrome < 0.1%
5. Cholangitis/
Biliary Pain 20% ... Cholangitis/ Pancreatitis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
mediastinal cysts - Biliary ... obstruction without cholangitis ... - Patient s/p liver ... GI tract) - Biliary ... obstruction without cholangitis
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Primary Biliary ... Algorithm Symptoms ... Liver biopsy findings ... #PBC #Primary #Biliary ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
congenital - Primary biliary ... Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... Hepatology #Cirrhosis #Causes
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... Areas of diagnostic ... include extrahepatic biliary ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... the diagnosis and ... If other causes ... hemochromatosis #algorithm ... #diagnosis #management