#16 - RUQ Pain: if you in-cyst

#16 - RUQ Pain: if you in-cyst

Author: 1PM May 7, 2023 Duration: 42:54

The First Principles of Right Upper Quadrant Pain that can get you through your general surgical rotation: Dr Sherman Kwan takes us through what we NEED to know about gallstones, the biliary tree, and everything in between.


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Recorded 26 July 2022 Co-hosts: Jason D'Silva, Daniel Bontempo, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JT Yeung⁠⁠⁠⁠ & Adian Izwan feat. Dr Sherman Kwan. Produced by Jason D'Silva & Adian Izwan.

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=== Timestamps ===

(02:37) What is the Gallbladder?

(06:07) Admirand's Triangle

(07:52) Colicky Pain

(09:42) The Biliary Tree 

(11:16) Bugs in the Tubes

(11:43) The Case

(12:29) The A to E

(15:30) The History

(20:14) Red Flags

(22:33) Examination Findings

(28:01) Murphy's Sign

(29:42) Urinalysis

(31:18) Investigations - Bloods

(34:51) Investigations - Imaging

(35:50) Management

 


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