The understanding of Jaundice is mandatory in all fields of Medicine
Our Jaundice course is a critical topic within all fields of Medicine. Understanding all concepts present in this course will benefit you in your clinical and theoretical examinations.
In this course, we extensively cover the Pre-hepatic vs Hepatic vs Post-Hepatic Jaundice, the causes of each type of jaundice, bilirubin metabolism, the function of the gallbladder, the history and physical examination, the investigations (blood and imaging), the differential diagnoses of jaundice, potential complications, the management and complications of each management option.
What you’ll learn
- What is the difference between Pre-hepatic vs Hepatic vs Post-hepatic Jaundice?.
- What are the causes of the different stages of jaundice?.
- What are the 6 sites where ALP can be found?.
- Explain the metabolism of bilirubin.
- What are the functions of the gallbladder?.
- What questions do we ask on history taking for jaundiced patients?.
- What are our differential diagnoses for jaundiced patients?.
- What are the possible complications in jaundiced patients?.
- What can we use to assess the level of obstruction?.
- Explain the physical examination for a jaundiced patient.
- What blood and imaging investigations do we use?.
- Explain the different management options and their potential complications.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 12 lectures • 1hr 9min.
Requirements
Our Jaundice course is a critical topic within all fields of Medicine. Understanding all concepts present in this course will benefit you in your clinical and theoretical examinations.
In this course, we extensively cover the Pre-hepatic vs Hepatic vs Post-Hepatic Jaundice, the causes of each type of jaundice, bilirubin metabolism, the function of the gallbladder, the history and physical examination, the investigations (blood and imaging), the differential diagnoses of jaundice, potential complications, the management and complications of each management option.
Please do not focus on memorising the lectures. Rather focus on understanding key concepts. All lectures can be downloaded. Please adapt lectures according to your study style, I.e. if you wish to make summaries from the provided lectures, then please do so.
This course is ideal for all age groups and any person who is interested in expanding their knowledge around Jaundice. This course is not solely limited to medical students and health care workers.
After reviewing all the lectures, please test yourself using the video quiz. Please pause the video after each question is phrased and work out the answer. I go through every answer explaining why each is incorrect and why the answer chosen is correct.
If after completing the quiz, you are still unsure about certain topics, please revise using the lectures. You have life-time access to all lectures. Good luck and I hope you enjoy this course on Jaundice.