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 ... Hemochromatosis - Primary ... biliary cholangitis ... #Differential #
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... for alternative causes ... obstruction, Primary ... biliary cholangitis ... , Primary sclerosing
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 ... #Biliary #Cholangitis
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 ... Gallstone #Diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
congenital - Primary ... biliary cirrhosis ... Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Hepatology #Cirrhosis #Causes
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm ... Liver biopsy findings ... #Biliary #Cirrhosis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
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
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... include extrahepatic biliary ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Enzymes #Differential