Chapter 043 Jaundice (Part 8) doc

... marrow transplantation. Vanishing bile duct syndrome also occurs in rare cases of Chapter 043. Jaundice (Part 8) Drugs may cause intrahepatic cholestasis, a variant of drug-induced hepatitis. ... the intensive care unit, the major considerations should be sepsis, shock liver, and TPN jaundice. Jaundice occurring after bone marrow transplantation is most likely due to veno...

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... Cholestasis of pregnancy I. Total parenteral nutrition J. Nonhepatobiliary sepsis Chapter 043. Jaundice (Part 7) Cholestatic Conditions When the pattern of the liver tests suggests a cholestatic ... Ampullary cancer 5. Malignant involvement of the porta hepatis lymph nodes B. Benign 1. Choledocholithiasis 2. Postoperative biliary structures 3. Primary sclerosing chol...

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... Chapter 043. Jaundice (Part 9) Choledocholithiasis is the most common cause of extrahepatic cholestasis. The clinical ... quadrant discomfort with only minimal elevations of the enzyme tests to ascending cholangitis with jaundice, sepsis, and circulatory collapse. PSC may occur with clinically important strictures ... 800 IU/L), but the bilirubin is often near normal. These pa...

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... to biliverdin. The differential diagnosis for yellowing of the skin is limited. In addition to jaundice, it includes carotenoderma, the use of the drug quinacrine, and excessive exposure to ... that contain carotene, such as carrots, leafy vegetables, squash, peaches, and oranges. Unlike jaundice, where the yellow coloration of the skin is uniformly distributed over the body, in caroten...

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... glucuronides is impaired and the glucuronides are present in serum in increasing amounts. By Chapter 043. Jaundice (Part 2) Measurement of Serum Bilirubin The terms direct- and indirect-reacting ... bilirubin in the serum of patients with hepatobiliary disease. Third, these studies indicate that in jaundiced patients with hepatobiliary disease, monoglucuronides of bilirubin pr...

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... Direct hyperbilirubinemia A. Inherited conditions 1. Dubin- Chapter 043. Jaundice (Part 3) Evaluation of the patient with jaundice. MRCP, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; ALT,

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... and Rotor's syndrome (Table 43-1). Patients with both conditions present with asymptomatic jaundice, typically in the second generation of life. The defect in Dubin-Johnson syndrome is mutations ... nature. Elevation of Serum Bilirubin with Other Liver Test Abnormalities The remainder of this chapter will focus on the evaluation of the patient with a conjugated hyperbilirubinemia...

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... advanced cirrhosis. Chapter 043. Jaundice (Part 5) History A complete medical history is perhaps the single most important part of the evaluation of the patient with unexplained jaundice. Important ... predating jaundice suggests hepatitis, either viral or drug-related. Jaundice associated with the sudden onset of severe right upper quadrant pain and shaking chills sugges...

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... Wilson's disease Autoimmune hepatitis Chapter 043. Jaundice (Part 6) Hepatocellular Conditions Hepatocellular diseases that can cause jaundice include viral hepatitis, drug or environmental ... believed to occur primarily in young adults, should be considered in all adults if no other cause of jaundice is found. Autoimmune hepatitis is typically seen in young...

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... about their feasibility and potential ITN misuse (for example, as nets for Chapter 002. Global Issues in Medicine (Part 8) Limited success in scaling-up ITN coverage reflects the inadequately ... whom fall below the Kenyan poverty line, would actually be able to purchase ITNs. Given the documented barriers to purchasing ITNs, especially among the poorest of the poor, many resea...

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