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.
tests algorithm ... disease; T2DM, type ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
- Autoimmune (types ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Functional Dyspepsia - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
Risk factors: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Psychological comorbidity, Helicobacter pylori infection,
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis ... months before diagnosis ... a structurally normal ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Management #algorithm
Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia (GIM)
 • GIM is a precancerous, histopathologic change characterized by replacement of normal
replacement of normal ... Clinical decision algorithm ... Metaplasia #GIM #diagnosis
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... the diagnosis and ... <45% and SF is normal ... hemochromatosis #algorithm ... #diagnosis #management
FAPD - Functional Abdominal Pain - Diagnosis Algorithm
Functional abdominal pain not otherwise
Abdominal migraine
Functional Constipation
IBS
Functional Dyspepsia

#FAPD #Functional
Abdominal Pain - Diagnosis ... Algorithm Functional ... AbdominalPain #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #gastroenterology ... #differential
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
fecal elastase Abnormal ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome Normal ... elastase #low #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Secondary Causes of Esophageal Eosinophilia (EoE) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Gastroesophageal reflux disease
 • Eosinophilic gastrointestinal
Eosinophilia (EoE) - Differential ... Diagnosis • Gastroesophageal ... Marfan syndrome type ... #Eosinophilic #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Secondary
Polyp Incidence on Colonoscopy
Tubular adenoma - 47.2%
Hyperplastic polyp - 16.0%
Tubulovillous adenoma - 17.6%
Normal - 5.6%
Inflammatory polyp
adenoma - 17.6% Normal ... #Colonoscopy #differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology