Detailed clinical observations by Hench (1933, 1934) established that hepatogenous jaundice ameliorated rheumatoid arthritis and fibrositis. Reports followed of remissions attending jaundice induced by the injection of bile salts and bilirubin (Thompson and Wyatt, 1938), by inoculation with infectious jaundice (Gardner, Stewart, and MacCallum, 1945), and by lactophenin (Hanssen, 1942), in addit...

Objective: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) was reported to be correlated with the time of phototherapy for babies with neonatal jaundice in the previous studies. The purpose of this study was to verify the effectiveness of KMC on phototherapy for neonatal jaundice. Methods: 216 newborn babies with neonatal jaundice were collected in this study and randomly divided into KMC group and control group. 1...

OBJECTIVES To study (i) the incidence and course of jaundice, and (ii) the predictors of significant jaundice in late preterm infants. DESIGN Prospective analytical study. SETTING Urban perinatal center. PATIENTS Inborn late preterm infants (post menstrual age of 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks). METHODS Infants were followed till day 14 of life or till onset of significant jaundice. Relevant ma...

liver injury occurs with many drugs; therefore, a thorough work up is important for establishing the diagnosis. we report a case of trifluoperazine-induced cholestatic jaundice. a 44-year old male with schizoaffective disorder developed an increase in liver enzymes and jaundice after starting treatment with trifluoperazine. workup for other potential etiologies was negative.

background a significant proportion of individuals undergoing cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis persist with symptoms even after surgery. objectives this study was aimed to test our hypothesis that age of presentation and duration of symptoms are the risk factors that predispose to negative symptomatic outcome after cholecystectomy. patients and methods 351 patients with diagnosis ...

Jaundice and hepatic dysfunction frequently accompany a variety of bacterial infections. The relationship between sepsis and jaundice, particularly in a pediatric population, was reported as early as 1837.1 Jaundice may result either directly from bacterial products or as a consequence of the host’s response to infection. Frequently, both factors contribute to the development of jaundice. In ad...