Neonatal Jaundice
Topics tested: rickets, kwashiorkor and marasmus, milestones and growth, breastfeeding, tuberculosis, asthma, croup, epiglottitis, neonatal jaundice, biliary atresia, neonatal sepsis, resuscitation and prematurity.
What our notes say
- Topics tested: rickets, kwashiorkor and marasmus, milestones and growth, breastfeeding, tuberculosis, asthma, croup, epiglottitis, neonatal jaundice, biliary atresia, neonatal sepsis, resuscitation and prematurity. (Paediatrics end of first trimester exam (MBPE 4300): 27 November 2018, 49 of 50 )
- Topics: neonatal jaundice, growth, immunisation, diarrhoea and dehydration, pneumonia, malnutrition, febrile seizures, congenital heart disease, nephrotic syndrome, anaemia and childhood infections. (Paediatrics Question Bank: 12 Clinical MCQs)
- Hexokinase deficiency — causing neonatal jaundice and chronic haemolysis (Haematopathology MCQs: Blood Disorders & Anemia Explained)
- Clinical features: fetal anaemia, hydrops fetalis (severe cases), neonatal jaundice (often severe and early-onset — risk of kernicterus, bilirubin deposition in the brain, if untreated), hepatosplenomegaly (Hematology & Blood Transfusion Pathology: MDS, Stem Cell Transplant)
- Management: phototherapy or exchange transfusion for neonatal jaundice depending on severity; intrauterine transfusion in severe antenatal cases (Hematology & Blood Transfusion Pathology: MDS, Stem Cell Transplant)