Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Jaundice
- Definition
- a yellowish discoloration of the skin, mucous
membranes and of the white of the eyes caused
by elevated levels of the chemical bilirubin in the
blood (hyperbilirubinemia)
- Distruction of RBCs and reading the
- Haem
- Synthesis
- Degradation
- Lead to formation of
- Bilirubin
- Bilirubin formation
- Transportation
- hepatic uptake
- conjugation
- biliary excretion
- Types
- Pre hepatic
- Transfusion reactions
- sickle cell anemia
- autoimmune diseases
- Post hepatic
- Gallstones
- tumors
- Hepatic
- cancer
- cirrhosis
- congenital disorders
- Crigler najjar syndrome
- Gilbert’s syndrome
- Dubin Johnson syndrome
- Anatomy of the hepatobilliary system
- Obstructive
- Hemolytic
- Sign and symptoms
- Kernicterus
- abdominal pain
- dark urine
- what causes change in the color to
- Red or pink
- hemorrhage
- Orange
- sulfasalazine
- Blue or green
- cobalt
- loudy or murky
- kidney stones
- Viral Hepatitis
- Types
- A,B,C,D,E
- hazardous occupations related
to disease transmitted by blood
transfusion
- surgeons
- dentists
- nurses
- Sign and symptoms
- fever and malaise
- painful hepatomegaly
- serum sickness prodrome
- vasculitis
- urticaria, polyarthritis
- Phases
- prodrome
- jaundice
- recovery
- Epidemiology
- HCV = 1% in the Arabian gulf region
- Investigations
- Blood Tests
- Gamma GT
- Alkaline phosphatase
- Liver function tests
- management and prevention
- Treatment
- Lamivudine
- Adefovir
- Entecavir
- Pegylated interferons
- Vaccination
- Prophylaxis
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis
- Post-exposure prophylaxis
- Prognosis
- A and E generally resolve
- Fulminant hepatitis rare
- Pregnancy