Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Canonical Reading Material for the Exam Candidate
Oh's Intensive Care manual: Chapter 42 (pp. 487) Acute gastrointestinal bleeding by Joseph JY Sung Chapter 43 (pp. 495) Severe acute pancreatitis by Duncan LA Wyncoll Chapter 44 (pp. 501) Liver failure by Christopher Willars and Julia Wendon Chapter 45 (pp. 520) Abdominal surgical catastrophes by Stephen J Streat Chapter 101 (pp. 1040) Liver transplantation by Anish Gupta, Simon Cottam and Julia Wendon Summaries and discussions of gastroenterology and hepatology topics from Life in the Fast Lane are made available as a list of links in the Resources section.

Hepatic Dysfunction
Interpretation of deranged LFTs
Interpretation of a raised ammonia level
Acute liver failure: causes and diagnostic evaluation
Physiological consequences of acute liver failure
Management of acute liver failure
Prognosis of acute liver failure
Staging and prognosis of chronic liver disease in ICU
Acute decompensation of chronic end-stage liver disease

Liver Surgery
Indications and contraindications for liver transplantation
Types and techniques of liver transplantation
Perioperative management of the liver transplant recipient
Perioperative care for the partial hepatectomy patient

Medical Abdominal Catastrophe
Severe acute pancreatitis
Massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Surgical Abdominal Catastrophe
Catastrophic peritonitis
Massive abdominal haemorrhage due to vascular catastrophe
Mesenteric ischaemia
Enterocutaneous fistula
Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy

Scenarios in Critical Care Gastroenterology
Stress-related gastric ulceration in critical illness
Causes of diarrhoea in the ICU
Gut dysmotility and prokinetics
Constipation and ileus in the critically ill
Hepatorenal syndrome
Hepatic encephalopathy
Portal vein thrombosis
Portal hypertension and ascites
Ascitic fluid analysis
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)

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