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What are the clinical features for biliary atresia?
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Full term infants
First 1-2 weeks of life Jaundice, alcoholic stools, hepatomegaly |
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What can cause biliary atresia and how is it diagnosed?
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Chronic inflammation from virus or defective morphogenisis(situs inversus/polysplenia)
Ab ultrasound = absence of gall bladder HIDA Scan = looking for excretion from liver to intestines Liver biopsy = PROLIF of intrahepatic bile ducts and bile duct plugging Intraop exploration/cholangiogram |
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What is Dubin Johnson Syndrome?
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Defective excretion of the conjugated bilirubin into the canaliculi--CONJUGATED HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA
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What does HAV appear as in children?
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Gastroenteritis
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True/False: Vertical transmission is more likely with Hep e Ag positive mothers
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TRUE
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