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  1. Case 1: Severe Jaundice in a 2-day-old Term Neonate

    A 2-day-old, 2.68-kg term male neonate is brought to the emergency department with lethargy, poor feeding, and significant generalized jaundice. He was born via spontaneous vaginal delivery at home to a gravida 4, para 3 Amish woman under the supervision of a midwife, at an estimated gestational age of 39 weeks after an uncomplicated pregnancy with scant prenatal care. Jaundice was noticed 7 ...

  2. Case 34-2019: A 16-Year-Old Boy with Jaundice

    Dr. Akash Gupta (Pediatrics): A 16-year-old boy was admitted to this hospital in autumn because of jaundice and abnormal results on liver-function tests. The patient had been well until 4 days ...

  3. Case 34-2019: A 16-Year-Old Boy with Jaundice

    Case 34-2019: A 16-Year-Old Boy with Jaundice. n engl j med 381;18 nejm.orgOctober 31, 20191763. Thenew england journal ofmedicine. Presentation of Case. Dr. Akash Gupta(Pediatrics): A 16-year-old ...

  4. Neonatal Jaundice Case Study

    Jaundice is not a disease but is a symptom of an elevated blood bilirubin level. Jaundice is not painful, but serious complications can occur if elevated bilirubin levels are not treated in a timely manner. Jaundice is a marker used to identify those infants who may be at risk for developing severe hyperbilirubinemia.

  5. (PDF) Neonatal jaundice causes and management

    A pooled analysis of 12 studies revealed moderate jaundice (serum bilirubin level, ≥12 mg/dL) in 514 of 3,997 breast-fed vs 172 of 4,255 formula-fed newborns.

  6. Maternal disease factors associated with neonatal jaundice: a case

    The matched sample for study A had 4,026 cases (jaundice group: 366, control group: 3,660), and that for study B had 3,278 cases (jaundice group: 298, control group: 2,980). All the 1,000 matched samples significantly differed in terms of the type of delivery in both two studies (Table (Table2). 2). There was also a significant difference in ...

  7. Neonatal Jaundice: Its Determinants Among Neonates Admitted to Neonatal

    A multi-centered, unmatched case-control study was conducted among 180 consecutively admitted neonates (60 cases and 120 controls). The independent determinants of newborn jaundice were determined using a multivariable binary logistic regression model, and a P-value of <0.05 was used to indicate statistical significance. Results.

  8. PDF A Practical Approach to Neonatal Jaundice

    The approach to preventing this condi-tion has changed over time. Throughout the 1950s, exchange transfu-sion was the primary treatment for hyperbil-irubinemia.3 It was not until the late 1960s ...

  9. (PDF) NURSING CARE OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE IN ...

    Methods: This study uses a case study approach design through the nursing process with a sample of a hyperbilirubinemia baby with neonatal jaundice nursing problems. Data collection techniques ...

  10. PDF Maternal blood parameters and risk of neonatal pathological jaundice: a

    This study aims to investigate the association between maternal blood parameters and the risk of neonatal pathological jaundice. A retrospective case-control study of 1309 newborns and their ...

  11. Neonatal Jaundice

    Neonatal jaundice is a clinical manifestation of elevated total serum bilirubin (TSB), termed neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, which results from bilirubin that is deposited into an infant's skin. The characteristic features of neonatal jaundice include yellowish skin, sclerae, and mucous membranes. Jaundice derives from the French word jaune, meaning yellow. Neonatal jaundice is the most ...

  12. The Acutely Jaundiced Patient (Chapter 25)

    Gastroenterology 2011; 140 ( 7 ): 1980. CrossRef Google Scholar. 9. Yeoman, AD, et al. Evaluation of risk factors in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in autoimmune hepatitis: Implications for follow-up and screening. Hepatology 2008; 48: 863-70. CrossRef Google Scholar PubMed. Case Studies in Adult Intensive Care Medicine - April 2017.

  13. PDF Jaundice as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problem: A General

    Jaundice is a clinical manifestation of elevated serum bilirubin. Accumulation of elevated serum bilirubin leads to yellow discoloration of the skin, sclera, and other mu-cous membranes known as jaundice or icterus. When se-rum bilirubin level exceeds 3 mg per dL, jaundice be-comes clinically apparent. From general practitioners' (GPs ...

  14. PDF Case Report A Critical Clinical Study of Neonatal Jaundice and ...

    Lowkesh Chandravanshi et.al. A Critical Clinical Study of Neonatal Jaundice and Its Treatment Modalities through Ayurveda - A Case Study International Journal of Health Sciences & Research (www.ijhsr.org) 485 Vol.9; Issue: 8; August 2019 porphyrin. Jaundice may be the earliest and only sign of hepatic dysfunction. [2] It is seen

  15. PDF Jaundice Clinical Manifestation and Pathophysiology: A Review Article

    Introduction: Jaundice is when clinically there is an in- crease in the amount of bilirubin in the serum rising above 85mmol/l (5mg/dl). When in utero, unconjugated bilirubin is cleared in the placenta to produce cord serum bilirubin of approximately 35mmol/L (2mg/dl). After birth, jaundice is a reflection of the bilirubin present in the liver ...

  16. A rare cause of neonatal persistent jaundice

    A 22-year-old gravida 2, para 1 (G2P1) woman with immunoglobulin anti-D prophylaxis, insulin-treated gestational diabetes and first-trimester cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection vaginally delivered a 39-week boy weighing 3720 g (90th centile) and with Apgar scores of 8 and 10 at 1 and 5 min. Prenatal ultrasonographic assessment throughout gestation was normal. Nursery stay was uneventful. He was ...

  17. Case Study: Neonatal Jaundice

    Neonatal Jaundice. Case Presentation. Martin and Kim were both twenty-five when they had Michael, their first child. Kim remained very healthy during her pregnancy and went into labor at 9:00 a.m., just 3 days after her due date. Delivery went quite smoothly, and that evening, mother and child rested comfortably.

  18. Case study of neonatal jaundice

    Case study of neonatal jaundice. The document describes a medical case report for a 3-day-old female infant admitted to the NICU for neonatal jaundice. She presented with yellowish discoloration of the skin and eyes. Her vital signs were normal except for occasional hypothermia. Her physical exam found jaundice, poor nutrition, and abnormal ...

  19. Case Study On Physiological Jaundice

    Case Study on Physiological Jaundice - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Baby Pooja, a 10 day old female, was admitted to the NICU with jaundice. Her bilirubin levels were high at 4.2. She was not feeding well and had pale, yellow skin. The nursing care plan involves giving IV fluids and vitamins to lower the bilirubin ...

  20. Case Presentation Jaundice

    case presentation jaundice - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document contains identification and medical history information for a 6 day old male infant named B/O Nalini Sahoo who was admitted to the hospital for hyperbilirubinemia. The infant presented with yellowish discoloration of the skin and was experiencing ...

  21. A Case of Obstructive Jaundice

    ERCP: internal stenting. The Mirizzi syndrome refers to common hepatic duct obstruction caused by an extrinsic compression from an impacted stone in the cystic duct or Hartmann's pouch of the gallbladder. 1 The majority of the patients present the clinical triad of jaundice, fever, and right upper quadrant pain, showing in the laboratory ...

  22. Case Study On Jaundice-1

    Case Study on Jaundice-1 - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document describes a case study of a 25-year-old male patient named Rahul who presented to the emergency ward with complaints of jaundice. It provides details of his medical history, physical examination findings, lab investigations, and symptoms.

  23. Nonadjuvanted Bivalent Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination and

    This cohort study examines whether there is an association between prenatal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination with a nonadjuvanted bivalent ... neonatal respiratory distress with NICU admission, neonatal jaundice or hyperbilirubinemia, neonatal hypoglycemia, and neonatal sepsis. Logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ...

  24. Case Study On Jaundice With Answers

    CASE STUDY ON JAUNDICE WITH ANSWERS.docx - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Mrs. S, a 36-year-old woman, presents with jaundice and a history of alcoholism. Her physical exam shows signs of liver disease including tender hepatomegaly and spider nevi. Laboratory results show elevated liver enzymes and bilirubin consistent with ...