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

#Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Management
Transfusion by Risk ... Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Management ... #Neonatal #Jaundice ... Hyperbilirubinemia #Risk ... Transfusion #Bhutani #Nomogram
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 #
Assess risk for developing subsequent neurotoxicity.

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

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

In general, babies at low-risk and
Risk Stratification ... babies at low-risk ... Peds #Pediatrics #Management ... #Neonatal #Jaundice ... Discharge #Bhutani #Nomogram
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
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Adenomyomatosis - May cause ... asymptomatic, high risk ... quadrant pain, nausea ... biliary pain, jaundice ... biliary #diseases #differential
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Diagnosis and Management ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... diagnosis and risk-stratification ... • Risks: infection ... #treatment #hematology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... l MD SOAP) - Risks ... patients if the cause ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential ... #Workup #hematology
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