A Clinical Approach to Jaundice

How to find the cause of jaundice quickly and with the most basic tests? In this video, I will present my step-by-step approach to jaundice, how to narrow down the possibilities, and diagnose different types of liver disease, biliary obstruction, hemolytic anemia, and other possible causes of jaundice.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Is it really jaundice?
01:01 The metabolism of bilirubin
02:25 Viral hepatitis
03:42 Jaundice, fever, and sepsis
06:01 Medications, alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis
07:35 Biliary obstruction
08:11 Hemolysis and hemolytic anemia
10:54 Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and Gilbert's syndrome
12:04 Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
12:19 Liver function tests (ALT, ALT, ALP, GGT, albumin, INR)
14:23 CBC with differential and a peripheral blood smear
16:09 Abdominal ultrasound and CT scan
REFERENCES & RECOMMENDED READING:
1. Beckingham IJ, Ryder SD. ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system. Investigation of liver and biliary disease. BMJ. 2001 Jan 6;322(7277):33-6.
2. Gondal B, Aronsohn A. A Systematic Approach to Patients with Jaundice. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2016 Dec;33(4):253-8.
3. Ruiz ARG, Crespo J, Martínez RML, Iruzubieta P, Mercadal GC, Garcés ML, et al. Measurement and clinical usefulness of bilirubin in liver disease. Advances in Laboratory Medicine / Avances en Medicina de Laboratorio. 2021 Sep 1;2(3):352-61.

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