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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Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... indicate the initial evaluation ... history alongside evaluation ... include extrahepatic biliary ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Focused evaluation algorithm for acute liver injury

#Liver #Injury #Acute #Evaluation #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Focused evaluation ... algorithm for acute ... Injury #Acute #Evaluation ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Dyspepsia Evaluation Algorithm

#Dyspepsia #diagnosis #Algorithm #evaluation #gastroenterology #epigastric
Dyspepsia Evaluation ... Algorithm #Dyspepsia ... #diagnosis #Algorithm ... #evaluation #gastroenterology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis - Diagnosis ... Algorithm Symptoms ... #PBC #Primary #Biliary ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
hepatitis - Acute biliary ... Hemochromatosis - Primary biliary ... 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 ... Benign/malignant biliary ... Liver #Injury #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #hepatology
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% ... #differential #diagnosis
Algorithmic approach to the workup of livedo reticularis. 

#Diagnosis #Dermatology #Rash #LivedoReticularis #Livedo #Reticularis #Racemosa #CutisMarmorata
Algorithmic approach ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... CutisMarmorata #Algorithm
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
Gastrointestinal Evaluation ... patients with anemia, diagnose ... Gastrointestinal #Evaluation ... #workup #diagnosis
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
congenital - Primary biliary ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis