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Cholestasis
Primary Biliary Cholangitis (Primary Biliary Cirrhosis)
- Mechanism
- Autoimmune Destruction of Bile Ducts
- Intrahepatic bile ducts
- Cholestasis
- Occurs in Middle-Aged Females
- Signs and Symptoms
- Fatigue
- Pruritus
- Skin Hyperpigmentation
- Hepatomegaly
3 mins
Macrolides Side Effects
- Side Effects
- Diarrhea
- Prolonged QT Interval
- P450 Inhibitor
- Cholestatic Hepatitis
- Skin Rash
- Eosinophilia
3 mins
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Labs and Treatment
- Labs
- Increased Conjugated Bilirubin
- Increased ALK-P
- Increased IgM
- Associated Pathologies
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Treatment
- Liver Transplant
- Stent
2 mins
Primary Biliary Cholangitis (Primary Biliary Cirrhosis) Diagnosis and Treatment
- Diagnosis
- Positive Antimitochondrial Antibodies
- Increased Alkaline Phosphatase (ALK-P)
- Increased Cholesterol
- Treatment
- Ursodiol
- Liver Transplant
2 mins
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Mechanisms
- Mechanism
- Unknown Mechanism
- "Onion Skin" Fibrosis
- "Beading" of Bile Ducts
- Symptoms
- Pruritus
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Jaundice
2 mins
Sarcoidosis Symptoms
- Black Females
- Symptoms
- Asymptomatic
- Uveitis
- Interstitial Fibrosis
- Erythema Nodosum
- Hepatomegaly
- Myocardial Sarcoidosis
- Lupus Pernio
1 min
Gallstones (Part 2/2)
- Cholesterol Stones
- Cholesterol Stones are the Most Common Type
- Radiolucent
- Pigmented Stones
- Black Pigment Stones
- Hemolysis
- Brown Pigment Stones
- Infection
- Radiopaque
2 mins
Gallstones (Part 1/2)
- Characteristics
- Cholelithiasis
- Pathophysiology
- Increased Bilirubin
- Increased Cholesterol
- Stasis
- Decreased Bile Salts
- Risk Factors
- Cholesterol Stones are the Most Common Type
- Fat, Female, Fertile, Forty, Fair Complexion
- Crohn's Disease
- Rapid Weight Loss
- Estrogen Therapy
- Native American
- Diagnosis
- Ultrasound
- Treatment
- Cholecystectomy
3 mins
Jaundice
- General
- Due To Elevated Conjugated Or Unconjugated Bilirubin
- Unconjugated
- Hemolysis
- Crigler-Najjar Or Gilbert's Syndrome
- Physiologic Jaundice Of Newborn
- Conjugated
- Biliary Obstruction From Stone Or Mass
- Cholangitis
- Dubin-Johnson And Rotor Syndrome
- Mixed
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatitis
5 mins
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