NEONATAL JAUNDICE AND GLUCOSE‐6‐PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Autor: Woodfield, D. Graeme, Biddulph, John
Zdroj: Medical Journal of Australia; April 1950, Vol. 1 Issue: 14 p443-446, 4p
Abstrakt: Of 50 jaundiced neonatal patients studied at the Port Moresby General Hospital, 11 (22%) were found to be glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase‐deficient, No apparent exogenous precipitating causes for the jaundice were noted. Serum bilirubin levels exceeded 20 mg/100 ml in seven of these glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase‐deficient Infants, and exchange transfusions were required for three subjects. Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency must be considered In the differential diagnosis of neonatal jaundice in Papua New Guinea.
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