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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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 ... #Cirrhosis #Diagnosis
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Etiologies of Cirrhosis ... congenital - Primary biliary ... cirrhosis - α1 ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Causes
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Diagnosis Algorithm

#Primary #Biliary #Cirrhosis #PBC #Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis (PBC) ... - Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Cirrhosis #PBC ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Causes of Severe ... hepatitis - Acute biliary ... Hemochromatosis - Primary biliary ... Severe #Acute #Causes ... Differential #Hepatology #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% ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes
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 ... Benign/malignant biliary ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... the diagnosis and ... Patients with cirrhosis ... hemochromatosis #algorithm ... #diagnosis #management
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... Areas of diagnostic ... include extrahepatic biliary ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

US, ultrasound; MRCP, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; ALP,
Algorithm for the ... Diagnosis of Primary ... Biliary Cholangitis ... Cholangitis #PBC #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Suspicion:
    ≤ 1 feature of
Disease (NAFLD) - Diagnosis ... Algorithm Low ... family history of cirrhosis ... family history of cirrhosis ... #Algorithm #hepatology