ALLMedicine™ Jaundice Center

Mar 1st, 2021 - While neoadjuvant chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) for pancreatic head cancer are effective, preoperative endoscopic biliary drainage (EBD) is necessary for managing obstructive jaundice and cholangitis during the preoperative waiting pe...

Mar 1st, 2021 - The key characteristic of biliary atresia (BA) is obliteration of the extrahepatic bile ducts at the level of the porta hepatis. We aimed to relate the immunohistochemical features of remnant biliary ductules at the porta hepatis with clinical fea...

Mar 1st, 2021 - To study changes in T lymphocyte subsets, cytokines, and liver enzymes in patients with malignant obstructive jaundice (MOJ) before and after external biliary drainage (percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography drainage, PTCD) and internal biliary...

Feb 27th, 2021 - An 11-day-old Mennonite boy with consanguineous (8°) parents and unremarkable prenatal course presented with jaundice, failure to thrive, hypotonia, and dysmorphic features (Figure 1A). His biochemical abnormalities included anemia, increased infl...

Feb 27th, 2021 - Geniposide (GE) is ubiquitous in nearly 40 species of plants, among which Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis has the highest content, and has been used ethnopharmacologically to treat chronic inflammatory diseases. As a traditional Chinese medicine, Ga...

Nov 20th, 2020 - Delayed umbilical cord clamping appears to be beneficial for term and preterm infants. In term infants, delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life, which may ha...

Nov 20th, 2020 - Delayed umbilical cord clamping appears to be beneficial for term and preterm infants. In term infants, delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life, which may ha...

May 5th, 2019 - Jaundice is the end result of myriad causes, which makes the role of imaging in this setting particularly challenging. In the United States, the most common causes of all types of jaundice fall into four categories including hepatitis, alcoholic l...

May 5th, 2019 - Biliary obstruction is a serious condition that can occur in the setting of both benign and malignant pathologies. In the setting of acute cholangitis, biliary decompression can be lifesaving; for patients with cancer who are receiving chemotherap...

Feb 15th, 2018 - To review the principles of prenatal diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and to describe the outcomes of the affected pregnancies. Effective management of fetal infection following primary and secondary maternal CMV infection d...

Mar 1st, 2021 - While neoadjuvant chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) for pancreatic head cancer are effective, preoperative endoscopic biliary drainage (EBD) is necessary for managing obstructive jaundice and cholangitis during the preoperative waiting pe...

Mar 1st, 2021 - The key characteristic of biliary atresia (BA) is obliteration of the extrahepatic bile ducts at the level of the porta hepatis. We aimed to relate the immunohistochemical features of remnant biliary ductules at the porta hepatis with clinical fea...

Mar 1st, 2021 - To study changes in T lymphocyte subsets, cytokines, and liver enzymes in patients with malignant obstructive jaundice (MOJ) before and after external biliary drainage (percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography drainage, PTCD) and internal biliary...

Feb 27th, 2021 - An 11-day-old Mennonite boy with consanguineous (8°) parents and unremarkable prenatal course presented with jaundice, failure to thrive, hypotonia, and dysmorphic features (Figure 1A). His biochemical abnormalities included anemia, increased infl...

Feb 27th, 2021 - Geniposide (GE) is ubiquitous in nearly 40 species of plants, among which Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis has the highest content, and has been used ethnopharmacologically to treat chronic inflammatory diseases. As a traditional Chinese medicine, Ga...

Aug 18th, 2020 - As I listened to our fellow present the case of a 5-month-old infant referred for evaluation of persistent jaundice, painful memories of several similar cases flashed by, causing me to ask, "Is this another late diagnosis of biliary atresia?" This...

Aug 18th, 2020 - As I listened to our fellow present the case of a 5-month-old infant referred for evaluation of persistent jaundice, painful memories of several similar cases flashed by, causing me to ask, "Is this another late diagnosis of biliary atresia?" This...

May 11th, 2020 - Pulse oximetry can accurately assess the presence of hypoxemia and, therefore, the severity of acute heart failure presentations. Modest reductions in oxygen saturation may be seen in patients with mild to moderate acute heart failure, whereas tho...

Apr 5th, 2020 - This case is an example of a patient with breast cancer who first presented after metastasis. De novo metastatic breast cancer accounts for as many as 5% of all new breast cancer diagnoses.[1] In addition, as many as 30% of patients with early-sta...

Feb 6th, 2020 - Of note, heart failure—especially right-sided heart failure—can present as an abdominal syndrome with symptoms that include nausea/vomiting, right-sided abdominal pain, and anorexia. Constipation is common among individuals with heart failure; slo...