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breast-milk jaundice
breast-milk jaundice n. prolonged jaundice lasting several weeks after birth in breast-fed babies for which no other cause can be found. It improves with time and is not an indication to stop breast-feeding.
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Prolonged jaundice in infants: health visitors have a vital role in recognising prolonged jaundice.(CLINICAL UPDATE)
Magazine article from: Community Practitioner; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...than with childhood leukaemia. (1) Jaundice occurs in up to 90% of babies in the first few days of life. However, prolonged jaundice is a significant indicator of paediatric...recognising and responding to prolonged jaundice (see Box 1). What is prolonged jaundice...
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Treatment for Severe Jaundice Urged
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/19/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...was so yellow _ only to be assured that jaundice is a rite of infancy. But as pediatricians...damage before our eyes, says Sheridan. Jaundice strikes 60 percent of newborns as their...small percentage of babies suffer extreme jaundice that, if untreated, drastically damages...
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ASK THE DOCTOR; No reason to fear jaundice
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 7/15/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Mitterando My 4-day-old baby has jaundice. Is it dangerous? I am breastfeeding. I have heard breastfeeding makes jaundice worse. Should I switch to bottlefeeding...normal, healthy infants develop jaundice - a yellowish tinge to their skin...
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Yellow eye is an unreliable indicator of jaundice risk in infants: Study.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 3/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...method to predict a newborn's risk of jaundice. The yellowness comes from a blood...inspection an unreliable method to gauge jaundice risk and said that only infants with a total absence of visible jaundice can confidently be expected to have...
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Jaundice risks easily overlooked
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 8/19/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...was so yellow - only to be assured that jaundice is a rite of infancy. But as pediatricians...damage before our eyes," says Sheridan. Jaundice strikes 60 percent of newborns as their...small percentage of babies suffer extreme jaundice that, if untreated, drastically damages...
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Jaundice in African-American and Hispanic Patients with AIDS
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), overt jaundice is infrequent. The aim of this study...investigate the etiology and outcome of jaundice in African-American and Hispanic patients...040 AIDS patients, 102 (10%) had jaundice (serum bilirubin >3 mg/dL...
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Obstructive jaundice caused by tumor emboli from hepatocellular carcinoma
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...carcinoma (HCC) presenting as obstructive jaundice due to intrabile duct tumor growth is...to review 18 patients with obstructive jaundice by tumor emboli from HCC during a 15...initial examination had recurrent episodic jaundice or cholangitis. Types of surgical procedures...
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Negligence suit keys on infant's jaundice
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/11/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...2008 Negligence suit keys on infant's jaundice -- Parents blame doctors for misdiagnosis...as rare is a symptom associated with it: jaundice, or a yellow color of the skin. Jaundice is actually quite common among infants, affecting...
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Methimazole-induced cholestatic jaundice.(Case Report)
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...A 43-year-old woman had severe jaundice and itching 1 month after receiving methimazole...another 4 days after the appearance of jaundice until she finished both medications...cause severe and reversible cholestatic jaundice. Physicians and patients should be aware...
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Affymetrix Technology Powers Cincinnati Children's Hospital's Innovative Test for Jaundice.
Business Wire; 12/9/2008; 700+ words
; Jaundice Chip is Offered Through CLIA-certified laboratory SANTA CLARA, Calif...diagnose the genetic defects in patients with inheritable forms of jaundice. Jaundice is the most common symptom of liver disease in young children. Cincinnati...
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Jaundice
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Jaundice What Are Bilirubin and Bile? What Causes Jaundice? Is Jaundice a Disease? How Is Jaundice Diagnosed and Treated? Resources Jaundice (JAWN-dis) is a yellowish discoloration of the skin and of the whites of the eyes. It is caused...
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Neonatal Jaundice
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Neonatal Jaundice Definition Neonatal jaundice (or hyperbilirubinemia) is a higher-than-normal level...discoloration of the skin and the whites of the eyes called jaundice. Description Bilirubin, a by-product of the breakdown...
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jaundice
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
jaundice The occurrence of jaundice — the yellow discolouration of skin, the sclerae of...ancient writings, including those from Assyria, where epidemic jaundice was first described. In these ancient times, however, jaundice...
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breast-milk jaundice
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
breast-milk jaundice n. prolonged jaundice lasting several weeks after birth in breast-fed babies for which no other cause can be found. It improves with time and is not an indication to stop breast-feeding.
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Kornberg, Arthur 1918-
Book article from: American Decades
...to research. He had always had a mild jaundice, or yellowing of the white parts of his...found other medical students with similar jaundice and compared them to controls (people without jaundice) and to people recovering from hepatitis...
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