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9 Jaundice, anaemia and polycythaemia

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When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

Define jaundice and hyperbilirubinaemia.
Describe the excretion of bilirubin.
List the causes of jaundice.
List the dangers of hyperbilirubinaemia.
Understand haemolytic disease of the newborn.
Treat jaundice.
List the common causes and treatment of anaemia.
List the common causes and treatment of polycythaemia.

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9-1 What is jaundice?

9-2 What is bilirubin?

9-3 What is hyperbilirubinaemia?

9-4 How is bilirubin measured?

9-5 How is bilirubin excreted in the adult?

9-6 How is bilirubin excreted in the fetus?

9-7 How is bilirubin excreted in the newborn infant?

9-8 What are the causes of jaundice?

9-9 What are the causes of an increased production of bilirubin?

9-10 What are the causes of slow bilirubin conjugation?

9-11 What causes a decreased excretion of bilirubin?

9-12 What is physiological jaundice?

9-13 What is haemolytic disease of the newborn?

9-14 What are blood groups?

9-15 What is ABO haemolytic disease?

9-16 How do you diagnose ABO haemolytic disease at birth?

9-17 What is Rhesus haemolytic disease?

9-18 How can you prevent Rhesus haemolytic disease?

9-19 How can you diagnose Rhesus haemolytic disease during pregnancy?

9-20 Is jaundice dangerous?

9-21 How do you recognise bilirubin encephalopathy?

9-22 How can you prevent bilirubin encephalopathy?

9-23 What is phototherapy?

9-24 What is used to give phototherapy?

9-25 When should you give phototherapy?

9-26 How do you give phototherapy?

9-27 For how long should you give phototherapy?

9-28 What are the dangers of phototherapy?

9-29 Can phenobarbitone be used to treat jaundice?

9-30 When is an exchange transfusion needed?

9-31 What is anaemia?

9-32 What are the common causes of anaemia in the infant?

9-33 What is anaemia of prematurity?

9-34 When should you treat anaemia in the newborn infant?

9-35 What is polycythaemia?

9-36 What are the causes of polycythaemia in infants?

9-37 What is the treatment of polycythaemia?

9-38 Case study 1

9-39 Case study 2

9-40 Case study 3

9-41 Case study 4

9-42 Case study 5

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Introduction ( 0 items )
1 Neonatal asphyxia and resuscitation ( 34 items )
1A Skills workshop: Neonatal resuscitation ( 15 items )
2 Assessing gestational age and size at birth ( 29 items )
2A Skills workshop: Gestational age and weight ( 10 items )
3 The routine care of normal infants ( 46 items )
3A Skills workshop: Clinical history and exam ( 12 items )
4 Feeding normal infants ( 46 items )
5 Care of high-risk and sick infants ( 38 items )
5A Skills workshop: Clinical notes and observations ( 17 items )
6 Feeding sick or high-risk infants ( 35 items )
6A Skills workshop: Feeding sick or high-risk infants ( 12 items )
7 Temperature control and hypothermia ( 21 items )
7A Skills workshop: Temperature control and hypothermia ( 14 items )
8 Glucose control and hypoglycaemia ( 23 items )
8A Skills workshop: Glucose control and hypoglycaemia ( 12 items )
9A Skills workshop: Jaundice and phototherapy ( 8 items )
10 Respiratory distress and apnoea ( 44 items )
10A Skills workshop: Respiratory distress & apnoea ( 13 items )
11 Oxygen therapy ( 52 items )
11A Skills workshop: Oxygen therapy ( 16 items )
12 Infection ( 55 items )
13 Trauma and bleeding ( 33 items )
14 Birth defects ( 33 items )
15 Communication ( 39 items )

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