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Surgery / GI

9 Gallstone disease (cholecystitis / cholangitis / CBD stone) HIGH-YIELD ★ 4 Q 9 Thyroid / neck lumps & salivary ★ 4 Q 8 Infectious / traveller's diarrhoea HIGH-YIELD ★ 4 Q 7 Appendicular mass / abscess management HIGH-YIELD ★ 7 Q 7 IBD / acute severe colitis (bloody diarrhoea) HIGH-YIELD ★ 4 Q 6 Acute cholangitis / biliary obstruction work-up HIGH-YIELD ★ 6 Q 5 Appendicular mass / abscess (RIF) ★ 2 Q 5 Bowel obstruction / ileus ★ 3 Q 5 Diverticulitis (uncomplicated -> perforated) ★ 3 Q 5 Dysphagia / GORD / peptic ulcer ★ 2 Q 5 Pancreatitis & blunt abdominal trauma ★ 3 Q 4 Colorectal cancer screening by family history HIGH-YIELD ★ 4 Q 4 Colorectal cancer screening by family-history risk HIGH-YIELD ★ 4 Q 4 Hepatic encephalopathy HIGH-YIELD ★ 4 Q 4 Massive lower GI bleed (stable) ★ 2 Q 4 Mesenteric adenitis (child) / mesenteric ischaemia ★ 2 Q 4 Perforated diverticulitis HIGH-YIELD ★ 4 Q 4 Postpartum prolapsed haemorrhoid / perianal mass HIGH-YIELD ★ 4 Q 4 Rectus sheath haematoma (anticoagulated) ★ 1 Q 4 Salivary gland obstruction (sialolithiasis) HIGH-YIELD ★ 4 Q 3 Iron deficiency anaemia work-up / coeliac HIGH-YIELD ★ 3 Q 3 Periprocedural bowel prep and medication (endoscopy/colonoscopy) ★ 3 Q 3 Thrombosed external haemorrhoid (non-postpartum) ★ 2 Q 3 Toxic megacolon HIGH-YIELD ★ 1 Q 2 Acute cholangitis (Charcot triad) - investigation HIGH-YIELD ★ 2 Q 2 Bowel obstruction vs ileus on X-ray ★ 2 Q 2 Cirrhosis HCC surveillance ★ 2 Q 2 Gallstone ileus ★ 2 Q 2 Migratory RUQ-to-RLQ pain = appendicitis ★ 2 Q 2 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis HIGH-YIELD ★ 2 Q 2 Submandibular swelling - investigation ★ 2 Q 2 Thyroglossal cyst ★ 2 Q 2 Tocilizumab-associated GI perforation ★ 2 Q 2 Toxic megacolon ★ 2 Q 2 Umbilical (Sister Mary Joseph) nodule - intra-abdominal malignancy HIGH-YIELD ★ 2 Q 2 Upper GI obstruction / malignancy with weight loss and jaundice ★ 2 Q 1 Acute bacterial parotitis/sialadenitis ★ 1 Q 1 Acute pancreatitis ★ 1 Q 1 Acute pancreatitis (alcoholic) ★ 1 Q 1 Ascites with shifting dullness - cause ★ 1 Q 1 Crohn's disease flare ★ 1 Q 1 Diffuse (distal) oesophageal spasm ★ 1 Q 1 Dysphagia with new heartburn ★ 1 Q 1 Flucloxacillin drug-induced liver injury ★ 1 Q 1 GLP-1 agonist and endoscopy aspiration risk ★ 1 Q 1 Haemorrhoids initial management ★ 1 Q 1 Hereditary colorectal/ovarian cancer (Lynch syndrome) HIGH-YIELD ★ 1 Q 1 Intraperitoneal abscess / rectus sheath haematoma ★ 1 Q 1 Irreducible scrotal/inguinal mass in a child ★ 1 Q 1 Mammary duct ectasia ★ 1 Q 1 Meal-related parotid swelling (cross-ref) ★ 1 Q 1 Mesenteric adenitis ★ 1 Q 1 NSAID epigastric pain / suspected perforation ★ 1 Q 1 Older patient with bloody loose stools - colonoscopy ★ 1 Q 1 Pleomorphic adenoma (salivary gland) ★ 1 Q 1 Post-appendicectomy pain and fever - investigation ★ 1 Q 1 Semaglutide before endoscopy - retained gastric content ★ 1 Q 1 Small bowel obstruction (post-op adhesions) investigation ★ 1 Q 1 Ulcerative colitis - stepwise treatment ★ 1 Q