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CERTAIN TYPES OF ICTERUS GRAVIS

CERTAIN TYPES OF ICTERUS GRAVIS Icterus gravis of the new-born is a term which has in the past been used rather indiscriminately to describe any severe form of jaundice of unknown or doubtful origin occurring in a new-born infant. If one excepts from this classification the types of jaundice due to sepsis, congenital syphilis or congenital malformation of the bile ducts, one is left with a group of cases in which a complete understanding of the underlying process is often lacking. For several years we have been making a study of patients with such a condition, and the results of the work are the subject of this communication. The consensus is that physiologic icterus neonatorum is a retention jaundice due primarily to hemolysis, which takes place in all new-born infants. It is a moot point whether jaundice results in all cases of excessive hemolysis or only in those cases in which there is a temporary http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

CERTAIN TYPES OF ICTERUS GRAVIS

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1936 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0096-8994
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1538-3628
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10.1001/archpedi.1936.01970170055005
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Abstract

Icterus gravis of the new-born is a term which has in the past been used rather indiscriminately to describe any severe form of jaundice of unknown or doubtful origin occurring in a new-born infant. If one excepts from this classification the types of jaundice due to sepsis, congenital syphilis or congenital malformation of the bile ducts, one is left with a group of cases in which a complete understanding of the underlying process is often lacking. For several years we have been making a study of patients with such a condition, and the results of the work are the subject of this communication. The consensus is that physiologic icterus neonatorum is a retention jaundice due primarily to hemolysis, which takes place in all new-born infants. It is a moot point whether jaundice results in all cases of excessive hemolysis or only in those cases in which there is a temporary

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American journal of diseases of children – American Medical Association

Published: May 1, 1936

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