Reasons for gallstones
Four Fs
Quick screen for the typical cholesterol gallstone patient.
Pigment stones, haemolysis and young or thin patients do not fit the pattern.
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Four Fs. It helps you recall: Reasons for gallstones.
Higher risk in women
Obesity
Multiparity and oestrogen exposure
Female: Higher risk in women; Fat: Obesity; Fertile: Multiparity and oestrogen exposure; Forty: Peak risk in middle age.
It belongs to Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in General Surgery.
Pigment stones, haemolysis and young or thin patients do not fit the pattern.
Quick screen for the typical cholesterol gallstone patient.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a General Surgery question about Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.
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