ALLMedicine™ Jaundice Center

May 14th, 2022 - Pathogenic mutations in the PHKG2 are associated with a very rare disease-glycogen storage disease IXc (GSD-IXc)-and are characterized by severe liver disease. Here, we report a patient with jaundice, hypoglycaemia, growth retardation, progressive...

May 7th, 2022 - We report the first case of standard therapeutic dose paracetamol for patent ductus arteriosus closure causing acute liver failure in an extremely preterm infant. After 5 days of treatment, he presented with jaundice, acute severe hepatitis and co...

May 6th, 2022 - Neonatal adrenal hemorrhage (NAH) is an almost infrequent phenomenon (0.2-0.55%). Mechanical compression and alterations of venous pressure during delivery are considered the most probable explanations. Approximately 10% of the cases might have bi...

May 5th, 2022 - To describe changes in neonatal use of acute care services during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We hypothesized neonatal visits would decrease and the degree of decline would vary by condition. We conducted a retrospective coho...

May 5th, 2022 - HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection is a global health problem with overlapping modes of transmission. We performed a single-center retrospective case series of acute HCV infections at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Health Care System between Ja...

May 1st, 2021 - Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is common in gastroenterology and hepatology practices, and it can have multiple presentations, ranging from asymptomatic elevations in liver biochemistries to hepatocellular or cholestatic jaundice, ...

Nov 21st, 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 21st, 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 6th, 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...

May 6th, 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...

Apr 18th, 2022 - Cirrosis, which is always manifesting as ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, severe jaundice and coagulopathy, deteriorates rapidly with a high mortality. Early identification and accurate predicted model may be the k...

Apr 13th, 2022 - Hyperbilirubinemia is one of the common diseases in neonates. According to the literature, the incidence of neonatal jaundice is around 60~70% in Western countries, and even higher among newborns of Asian ethnicity. There are many causes of neonat...

Apr 11th, 2022 - Placement of self expandable metallic stent is the standard of care in the palliative management of patients with malignant biliary strictures . Relieves biliary obstruction and jaundice. Self expandable metallic stent provide efficient drainage a...

Apr 11th, 2022 - Cholangitis patients post-kasai Portoenterostomy were grouped by cholangitis severity score, according to the severity was divided into mild, moderate, severe cholangitis, all levels of cholangitis patients were divided into subgroups by age and p...

Mar 31st, 2022 - Primary efficacy endpoint: All-cause mortality at 12 weeks Secondary efficacy endpoint: All-cause mortality at 2 and 24 weeks Safety and tolerability endpoints: Occurrence of hepatotoxicity using the American Thoracic Society (ATS) hepatotoxicity ...

May 3rd, 2022 - Baby formula shortages are increasing across the U.S., and they are expected to continue the rest of the year. Out-of-stock rates for baby formula hit 31% in April, according to recent data from Datasembly, a company that tracks grocery and retail...

Apr 29th, 2022 - Adenovirus was detected in the blood specimens of all nine children with acute hepatitis infection identified in Alabama from October 2021 to February 2022, researchers found. The nine children were 0 to 6 years old and previously healthy, and mos...

Apr 29th, 2022 - This article was originally published in French on Medscape. Europe — After several cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children in the United Kingdom were reported, further cases have now been reported in France (two cases), Denmark, Ir...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Background Evans’ syndrome is a rare entity characterized by concomitant or sequential multilineage cytopenia particularly autoimmune hemolytic anemia, ITP and very rarely autoimmune neutropenia. Although more common in young adults, it can occur.

Aug 5th, 2021 - When it comes to infection risk, certain factors could spell trouble for patients hospitalized with alcohol-associated hepatitis (AAH), according to a retrospective cohort study. Examining outcomes of nearly 300 patients hospitalized for AAH over ...