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 ... cholangitis ... #Differential # ... Hepatology #Diagnosis
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... for alternative causes ... disease, Hepatic ... cholangitis, Primary ... #hepatology
How a cholangiogram corresponds to liver segments
 - Numbers indicate drained hepatic segments
 - Right anterior
How a cholangiogram ... corresponds to liver ... indicate drained hepatic ... #anatomy #Biliary ... #Anatomy #hepatology
Hepatic Abscess: Microbiology
Common Pathogens: E. Coli, K. pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes
Rare pathogens that can cause
Hepatic Abscess: ... pathogens that can cause ... Microbiology #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #liver ... #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
congenital - Primary biliary ... Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Hepatology #Cirrhosis ... #Causes
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... If other causes ... hemochromatosis; HIC, hepatic ... hemochromatosis #algorithm ... diagnosis #management #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... include extrahepatic biliary ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Hepatology #Liver ... #Enzymes #Differential