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Question 1

Causes of acute pancreatitis?

Answer 1

• Idiopathic
• Gallstones, genetic
• Ethanol misuse
• Trauma
• Steroids
• Mumps and malignancies
• Autoimmune
• Scorpion stings and spider bites
• Hyperlipidaemia/hypercalcaemia/hyperparathyroidism
• ERCP
• Drugs eg furosemide, thiazides, valproic acid

Question 2

How can stools and urine be used to determine the cause of jaundice?

Answer 2

• normal urine + normal stools = pre-hepatic cause
• dark urine + normal stools = hepatic cause
• dark urine + pale stools = post-hepatic cause