Summary
Definición
Anamnesis y examen
Principales factores de diagnóstico
- jaundice
- dark-colored urine
Otros factores de diagnóstico
- fatigue
- abdominal pain
Factores de riesgo
- glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
- beta-thalassemia
Pruebas diagnósticas
Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar
- serum total bilirubin
- serum conjugated bilirubin
- urinary bilirubin
- serum aminotransferases, alkaline phosphatase, and gamma-GT
- hemoglobin
- absolute reticulocyte count
- blood smear
- plasma haptoglobin
Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse
- serum bile acids (total)
- urinary coproporphyrins
- liver biopsy
- ultrasound of the liver and biliary tree
- oral cholecystogram
- cholescintigraphy with 99mTc-HIDA
- molecular genetic testing
- sulphobromophthalein (BSP) plasma retention test
Algoritmo de tratamiento
all patients
Colaboradores
Autores
Tracy A.F. Coelho, MBBS, DCH, MRCPCH

Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist
University Hospital Southampton
Southampton
UK
Divulgaciones
TAFC declares that he has no competing interests.
Anil Dhawan, MBBS, MD, FRCPCH

Professor of Paediatric Hepatology
King's College Hospital
London
UK
Divulgaciones
AD declares that he has no competing interests.
Revisores por pares
John T. Jenkins, MB, CHB, FRCP
Consultant Surgeon
St. Mark's Hospital
London
UK
Divulgaciones
JTJ declares that he has no competing interests.
William A. Petri, Jr., MD, PhD, FACP
Chief and Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville
VA
Divulgaciones
WAP declares that he has no competing interests.
Nancy Reau, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago
Center for Liver Disease
Chicago
IL
Divulgaciones
NR has received reimbursement for speaking for Gilead, maker of Viread and Hepsera, and BMS, maker of Baraclude.
James Neuberger, BM, BCh
Consultant Physician
Liver Unit
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham
UK
Divulgaciones
JN declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.
Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
Referencias
Artículos principales
Rotor AB, Manahan L, Florentin A. Familial non-hemolytic jaundice with direct Van Den Bergh reaction. Acta Med Phil. 1948;5:37-49.
Vest MF, Kaufmann HJ, Fritz E. Chronic non-haemolytic jaundice with conjugated bilirubin in the serum and normal histology: a case study. Arch Dis Child. 1960;36:600-4.Texto completo Resumen
Kwo PY, Cohen SM, Lim JK. ACG clinical guideline: evaluation of abnormal liver chemistries. Am J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jan;112(1):18-35.Texto completo Resumen
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Diferenciales
- Dubin-Johnson syndrome
- Gilbert syndrome
- Crigler-Najjar syndrome (type I and II)
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- ACG clinical guideline: evaluation of abnormal liver chemistries
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