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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An Approach to Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis

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

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to Jaundice - Differential ... Diagnosis - ... #Jaundice #Differential ... #Posthepatic #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #bilirubinemia
Portal Hypertension Differential

#Diagnosis #Hepatology #Differential #PortalHypertension #PortalHTN #Prehepatic #Posthepatic #Intrahepatic
Portal Hypertension Differential ... #Diagnosis # ... Hepatology #Differential ... #Posthepatic #Intrahepatic
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
-1 antitrypsin deficiency ... Acute #Causes #Differential ... #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
α1-antitrypsin deficiency ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Hepatology #Cirrhosis
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
Extrahepatic source ... Matherly @liverprof #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #SAAG ... Interpretation #Differential
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Areas of diagnostic ... may well include extrahepatic ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential ... #Diagnosis