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JAUNDICE . UNIV VAN PTA Pretoria Academic Hospital GASTROENTEROLOGY Dr Obedy Mwantembe. JAUNDICE. Symptom. Three Causes. Prehepatic Hepatic Post Hepatic. HISTORY. Duration and onset Drug intake/history The Progression Associated Features Pruritus Colour of stool Anaemia.
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JAUNDICE UNIV VAN PTA Pretoria Academic Hospital GASTROENTEROLOGY Dr Obedy Mwantembe
JAUNDICE • Symptom
Three Causes • Prehepatic • Hepatic • Post Hepatic
HISTORY • Duration and onset • Drug intake/history • The Progression • Associated Features • Pruritus • Colour of stool • Anaemia
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION • Confirm Jaundice • Xanthelasma • Scratch Marks • Masses – Liver/Spleen • Gall Bladder • Murphy’s Sign • Courvoisier’s Law • Courvoisier’s Sign
LABORATORY • Biochemistry • ALP • GGT • SEROLOGY • Anti smooth muscle antibodies • Total IgG • Anti-mitochondria antibodies • Total IgM
GASTROENTEROLOGIST • SONAR • MRCP • ERCP
SONAR • Available • Cost effective • Not invasive • Observer/ operator dependent
SONAR • Masses • Fluids / Mixed fluids • OBSTRUCTION • Dilated Ducts
ERCP • Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography • Diagnostic • Therapeutic
ERCP • Sphincterotomy • FBC/INR • Stone Extraction • Stenting • Obstructive jaundice • Pancreatitis • Cyst Drainage
DRAINAGE • After attempted Stenting • PTC
PERCUTANEOUS • Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography
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