1/ Collated thread for new GI fellows
⭐️GI Fellow Resources ⭐️
▪️Websites
▪️Guidelines
▪️Apps
▪️Podcasts
▪️Textbooks
▪️Board study
▪️Social media
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Zones & Patterns of Liver Injury
Zone 1 (ALT > AST)
▪️Autoimmune hepatitis
▪️Viral hepatitis
Zone 3 (AST > ALT + ⬆️ LDH)
▪️Ischemia
▪️Toxic events
▪️Heart failure
▪️Budd-Chiari syndrome
Note: ALP is predominant in basolateral membrane
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Hemochromatosis vs Hemosiderosis
Hemochromatosis
▪️Iron accumulation + organ damage
▪️Iron in hepatocytes
▪️Lack of stainable iron in Kupffer cells
▪️HIC >71 umol/g or HII > 1.9
Hemosiderosis
▪️Iron accumulation without toxicity
▪️Iron in Kupffer cells
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