Jaundice 11.28.2018
Jaundice 11.28.2018
Jaundice 11.28.2018
• A 2 month old boy comes into your office for well child check and…
Actually me
A CASE…
• A 2 month old boy comes into your office for well child check and…
Yep, that’s
jaundice
• Is this sepsis? • No
• Is this an obstructive (cholestatic) • Fractionated bilirubin, CMP
process?
• CBC and reticulocyte count
• Is this a hematologic process?
Hepatic/Cholestatic Hematologic Endocrine/Metabolic
Infectious hepatitis RBC membrane Hypothyroid
Alagille Syndrome defects Hypopituitarism
Biliary Atresia RBC enzyme Galactosemia
deficiency (G6PD)
Choledochal Cyst Drugs/toxins
Hemoglobinopathy
Other Biliary Metabolic disorder
Obstruction Autoimmune NOS
hemolytic anemia
Rotor Syndrome
DIC
Dubin-Johnson Other
DIFFERENTIAL Syndrome Breastmilk jaundice
Alpha-1 antitrypsin Cystic fibrosis
CHF
Poor conjugation TORCH infection
Gilbert Syndrome Carotenemia?
Crigler-Najjar
Syndrome
Direct Indirect Either
hyperbilirubinemia hyperbilirubinemia Hypothyroid
Alagille Syndrome RBC membrane defects Hypopituitarism
Biliary Atresia RBC enzyme deficiency Galactosemia
Choledochal Cyst (G6PD)
Metabolic disorder NOS
Other Biliary Obstruction Hemoglobinopathy
TORCH infection
Autoimmune hemolytic
anemia
Infectious hepatitis (None)
DIC
Alpha-1 antitrypsin Carotenemia
DIFFERENTIAL Gilbert Syndrome
Rotor Syndrome
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
Dubin-Johnson
Syndrome
Drugs/toxins
Cystic fibrosis Sepsis
CHF Breastmilk jaundice
(FIRST PASS) WORKUP
• CMP/gGTP
• CBC/smear
• Retic count
• TSH!
• Check newborn screen
• +/- Coombs, LDH/hapto, TORCH, urine
reducing substances, A1AT, sepsis workup
LABS