Mnemonic for causes of Jaundice
Medical causes
Medical Doctors Aren’t Very Happy
- Malignancy – lymphoma, hepatocellular carcinoma
- Drugs – oral contraceptive pill, IVDA, overdose
- Alcohol – liver disease, cirrhosis, acute alcoholic hepatitis
- Viruses – hepatitis A, B, C, EBV, CMV
- Haematological – haemolytic anaemia
Surgical causes
Surgeons ARe Not Much better
- Stones – painful jaundice
- Antibiotics/Anaesthetic effect
- Reabsorption of haematoma
- Nodal obstruction – painful or painless
- Malignancy of pancreatic head
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