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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