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Threshold for Initiating Exchange Transfusion by Risk Stratum. Bhutani et al. Pediatrics. 1999.

#Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Management
Bhutani et al. ... Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Management ... #Neonatal #Jaundice ... #Transfusion #Bhutani ... #Nomogram
Assess risk for developing subsequent neurotoxicity.

This will tell you: a) phototherapy or b) exchange transfusion

#Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Management ... #Neonatal #Jaundice ... #Phototherapy #Bhutani ... #Nomogram
Risk Stratification for Developing Severe Hyperbilirubinemia. Bhutani et al. Pediatrics. 1999.

In general, babies at low-risk and
Bhutani et al. ... Peds #Pediatrics #Management ... #Neonatal #Jaundice ... Stratification #Discharge #Bhutani ... #Nomogram #RiskZones
Approach to Neonatal Jaundice

Causes of pathologic hyperbilirubinemia can be classified as due to (1) increased bilirubin
Approach to Neonatal ... Jaundice Causes ... Peds #Pediatrics #Neonatal ... #Jaundice #Algorithm ... #Differential #
An Approach to Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis

- Increased Production (Prehepatic)
- Decreased Clearance (Intrahepatic + Posthepatic)

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An Approach to Jaundice ... - Differential ... #Differential # ... Table #Causes #Intrahepatic ... Posthepatic #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
Jaundice - Differential ... Cholangitis #Jaundice ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology #bilirubinemia
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
= nonspecific (nausea ... (DIC, ascites, jaundice ... infiltration) Differential ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology ... obgyn #diagnosis #management
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
intralobular bile ducts causes ... hyperpigmentation • Jaundice ... bile ducts Differential ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Causes of Breakthrough/Extension of Thrombosis and Management Algorithm

#Anticoagulation #Breakthrough #Thrombosis #Algorithm #Extension #VTE #DVT #Hematology #Management
Causes of Breakthrough ... Thrombosis and Management ... Extension #VTE #DVT #Hematology ... #Differential # ... Causes
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
 -
Causes of Neutropenia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Neonate ... #Neutropenia #differential ... #hematology