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A healthy-appearing infant who develops jaundice, dark urine, and acholic (pale) stools between 3 and 6 weeks of age may have biliary atresia.

Any infant who develops jaundice after two weeks of age must be evaluated with fractionated bilirubin (i.e., total and direct bilirubin levels).

A patient suspected of having biliary atresia generally will be referred to a pediatric gastroenterologist or pediatric surgeon.

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CLIPP 8 - neonatal jaundice
ts of the world. For example, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, an X-linked disorder, is more common in families of Mediterranean or West African origin than in other ethnic groups. Biliary Atresia <span>A healthy-appearing infant who develops jaundice, dark urine, and acholic (pale) stools between 3 and 6 weeks of age may have biliary atresia. Any infant who develops jaundice after two weeks of age must be evaluated with fractionated bilirubin (i.e., total and direct bilirubin levels). A patient suspected of having biliary atresia generally will be referred to a pediatric gastroenterologist or pediatric surgeon. Treatment When diagnosed early, biliary atresia can be treated surgically with the Kasai procedure (anastomosis of the i ntrahepatic bile ducts to a loop of intestine to al


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