Review Note
Last Update: 12/28/2023 09:26 PM
Current Deck: Duke Pathoma::11_biliary
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What are the risk factors for developing cholesterol cholelithiasis (6)?
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1) Age (4 F's: "fat, female, forty, fertile")
2) Estrogen (female sex, obesity, multiple pregnancies, and oral contraceptives)
3) Cirrhosis (may contribute to estrogen)
4) Actively taking fibrates (particularly clofibrate)
5) Native American ethnicity
6) Crohn disease
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