1
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis
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Clinical features: fatigue, pruritis
- 90% of pts have underlying IBS, mainly ulcerative colitis
Labs: Aminotransferases
2
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Ascites Fluid Characteristics
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Neutrophils: 250 peritonitis (secondary or spontaneous)
Total protein: >or= 2.5 (high-protein ascites) - CHF, constrictive pericarditis, peritoneal carcinomatosis, TB, Budd-Chiari syndrome, fungal
or=1.1 (indicates portal hypertension) - cardiac ascites, cirrhosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome
3
Q
Cryptosporidium parvum in AIDS
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-Severe clinical course in AIDS patients w/ CD4 count
4
Q
Gilbert’s syndrome
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Genetic defect in the promotor region of the UDP glucuronyl transferase gene
