| Neonatal jaundice. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 22609294 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Neonatal jaundice lasting greater than 2 weeks should be investigated. Pale stools and dark or yellow urine are evidence of liver disease, which should be urgently investigated. The neonatal hepatitis syndrome has many causes, and a structured approach to investigation is mandatory. It should be possible to confirm or exclude biliary atresia within one week, so that definitive surgery is not delayed unnecessarily. Babies with the neonatal hepatitis syndrome should have vigorous fat-soluble vitamin supplementation, including parenteral vitamin K if coagulation is abnormal. The prognosis for infants with idiopathic neonatal hepatitis and multifactorial cholestasis is excellent. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Pat McKiernan |
Related Documents
:
|
19757264 - Infants of diabetic mothers with abnormal fetal growth missed by standard growth charts. 2235224 - Impact of intrauterine growth retardation and body proportionality on fetal and neonata... 17245094 - Transition from parenteral to enteral nutrition. 17684214 - A double-blind, placebo-controlled, glutamine-supplementation trial in growth-faltering... 10852374 - Holoprosencephaly, sacral anomalies, and situs ambiguus in an infant with partial monos... 901994 - Study of cardiac arrhythmias and other forms of conduction abnormality in newborn infants. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-5-18 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology Volume: - ISSN: 2210-741X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 May |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2012-5-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 101553659 Medline TA: Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol Country: - |
Other Details:
|
Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
Copyright Information:
|
Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
|
Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, West Midlands, United Kingdom. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Pathology: A pictorial review. A selected atlas of paediatric liver pathology.
Next Document: Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis and inborn errors of bile acid synthesis.