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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Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
Evaluation of Iron Deficiency ... diagnose iron deficiency ... change medical management ... #Iron #Deficiency
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
-1 antitrypsin deficiency ... Acute #Causes #Differential
Gastrointestinal Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia
 • Mass lesions: Carcinoma, Large polyps
 • Inflammatory: Reflux esophagitis,
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Gastrointestinal #Iron #Deficiency ... Anemia #Causes #differential
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
α1-antitrypsin deficiency ... #Diagnosis #Differential
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Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Transcobalamin II deficiency ... #VitaminB12 #deficiency ... low #cobalamin #differential
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
EGD and Biopsy Differential ... Klebsiella, pneumoniae) Management ... esophagus #diagnosis #management
Portal Hypertension Differential

#Diagnosis #Hepatology #Differential #PortalHypertension #PortalHTN #Prehepatic #Posthepatic #Intrahepatic
Portal Hypertension Differential ... Diagnosis #Hepatology #Differential
An Approach to Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis

- Increased Production (Prehepatic)
- Decreased Clearance (Intrahepatic + Posthepatic)

Dr. Eric
to Jaundice - Differential ... #Jaundice #Differential
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs)
 - classified into simple retention cysts, pseudocysts and cystic neoplasms 
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gastroenterology #diagnosis #management ... #differential
Gastric Polyp Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

#Gastric #Polyp #Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Diagnosis and Management ... Polyp #Diagnosis #Management