Guideline for the Evaluation of Cholestatic Jaundice in Infants: Joint Recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)

• Published in: Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 154 - 168
• Main Authors: Fawaz, Rima, Baumann, Ulrich, Ekong, Udeme, Fischler, Björn, Hadzic, Nedim, Mack, Cara L, McLin, Valérie A, Molleston, Jean P, Neimark, Ezequiel, Ng, Vicky Lee, Karpen, Saul J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States by European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Biliary Atresia - complications; Biliary Tract; Bilirubin - blood; Cholestasis - blood; Cholestasis - diagnosis; Cholestasis - etiology; Cholestasis - pathology; Diagnosis, Differential; Europe; Gastroenterology; Humans; Hyperbilirubinemia - blood; Hyperbilirubinemia - diagnosis; Hyperbilirubinemia - etiology; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Jaundice - diagnosis; Jaundice - etiology; Jaundice, Obstructive - blood; Jaundice, Obstructive - diagnosis; Jaundice, Obstructive - etiology; Liver; Liver Diseases - blood; Liver Diseases - diagnosis; Liver Diseases - pathology; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; North America; Pediatrics; Societies

ABSTRACTCholestatic jaundice in infancy affects approximately 1 in every 2500 term infants and is infrequently recognized by primary providers in the setting of physiologic jaundice. Cholestatic jaundice is always pathologic and indicates hepatobiliary dysfunction. Early detection by the primary car...