Gastroenterology

Presentations

• Decompensated liver disease:
  • Variceal bleeding
  • Ascites
  • Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)
  • Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS)
  • Hepatic encepalopathy
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
• Jaundice
  • Questions about jaundice
• Upper GI bleeds
  • Questions about upper GI bleeds
• Dysphagia
  • Questions about dysphagia
• Dyspepsia
  • Questions about dyspepsia
• Diarrhoea
  • Questions about diarrhoea
• Weight loss
  • Questions about weight loss
• Constipation
  • Questions about constipation

Conditions (liver)

• Compensated chronic liver disease (CLD) – including scoring systems
  • Questions about compensated CLD
• Viral hepatitis
  • Hepatitis A
    • Questions about Hep A
  • Hepatitis B
    • How to interpret Hep B viral serology (markers)
    • Questions about Hep B
  • Hepatitis C
    • Questions about Hep C
  • Hepatitis D
  • Hepatitis E
    • Questions about Hep E
• Alcoholic liver disease (ALD)
  • Questions about ALD
• Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
  • Questions about Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
• Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
  • Questions about Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
• Cholangitis
  • Questions about cholangitis

Conditions (pancreas)

• Acute pancreatitis
  • Questions about acute pancreatitis
• Chronic pancreatitis
  • Questions about chronic pancreatitis

Conditions (luminal)

• Crohn’s disease
  • Questions about Crohn’s disease
• Ulcerative Colitis
  • Questions about Ulcerative Colitis

• Coeliac disease
  • Questions about coeliac disease
• Peptic Ulcer Disease
  • Questions about peptic ulcer disease
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Colorectal cancer
  • Questions about colorectal cancer

Abdominal examination and organomegaly

• Hepatomegaly
  • Questions about hepatomegaly
• Splenomegaly
  • Questions about splenomegaly
• Hepatosplenomegaly
  • Questions about hepatosplenomegaly
• Gastro/abdo examination
  • Questions about the abdominal examination
  • Examination of nutritional status

Gastroenterology procedures

• Ascitic aspiration (diagnostic paracentesis/ascitic tap)
• Ascitic drain insertion (therapeutic paracentesis)
• Interpreting sample results in ascites