NEONATAL JAUNDICE

Question 1

Types of Neonatal jaundice

Answer 1

PREHEPATIC JAUNDICE (unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)
HEPATIC JAUNDICE
POSTHEPATIC JAUNDICE (Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia)

Question 2

Types of Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia

Answer 2

Obstructive
Non-Obstructive

Question 3

Types of Conjugated obstructive hyperbilirubinemia

Answer 3

Intrahepatic
Posthepatic

Question 4

Intrahepatic causes of Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia

Answer 4

Congenital hepatic fibrosis
Caroli’s Syndrome
Rotor Syndrome
Dubin-Johnson Syndrome
Alagille Syndrome
Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis

Question 5

Extrahepatic causes of Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia

Answer 5

Stones
Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
Choledochal Cyst
Primary Sclerosing cholangitis
Primary Biliary Sclerosis

Question 6

Non-Obstructive causes of Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia

Answer 6

Infections
Viral (EBV)
Bacteria (Congenital Tuberculosis)
Parasite (Toxoplasmosis)
Metabolic (Galactosemia etc)

Question 7

Causes of neonatal Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia

Answer 7

Hemolytic causes
Physiological jaundice
Breatmilk jaundice
Breastfeeding jaundice
Crigler-Najjar
Congenital hypothyroidism

Question 8

Hemolytic causes of Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia

Answer 8

Hemolytic anemia
Rh- incompatibility
Cephalohematoma
Hereditary Spherocytosis
Maternal diabetes
Chronic fetal Hypoxia
Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency

Question 9

Complications of neonatal jaundice

Answer 9

Death
Kernicterus

Question 10

Diagnosis of Jundice

Question 11

Treatment for neonatal jaundice

Answer 11

Phototherapy

Question 12

What is Rotor’s syndrome

Question 13

What is Dublin Johnson syndrome

Question 14

What is Caroli’s Syndrome

Question 15

What is alagille Syndrome