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Review top strategies to approach board-style questions and high-yield concepts about biliary conditions and risk factors by thinking through this AMBOSS Step 2 question with medical educator Dr. Zeb, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus.
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- Cholelithiasis: go.amboss.com/xfl
- Acute cholecystitis: go.amboss.com/c0a
- Choledocholithiasis: go.amboss.com/wh6
- Acute cholangitis: go.amboss.com/b5r
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro to USMLE question walkthrough
0:13 - First steps: task & key info
0:49 - Consider differentials for RUQ & shoulder pain
1:53 - Narrow down the diagnosis: acute cholecystitis (Murphy sign) vs cholangitis (cholestasis)
2:38 - Lab findings of biliary disease
3:15 - Pathophysiology of acute cholecystitis: calculous (due to gallstones) vs. acalculous
4:38 - Risk factors of cholesterol gallstones
5:40 - Correct answer & pathophysiology of cholesterol gallstones
6:48 - Alcohol consumption & acute pancreatitis
7:19 - Hepatitis A
7:53 - Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
8:28 - Mechanical, paralytic, & gallstone ileus
9:01 - Pyelonephritis
9:21 - High-yield associations: further risk factors, diagnostics, & management
11:00 - Key takeaways
11:24 - Outro: Keep it up. Stay positive. You got this!
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