A screening algorithm for the efficient exclusion of biliary atresia in infants with cholestatic jaundice

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 363-370

  Jancelewicz, Tim ^a,b   Barmherzig, Rebecca ^a,b   Chung, Catherine T S ^a,c   Ling, Simon C ^a,c   Kamath, Binita M ^a,c   Ng, Vicky L ^a,c   Amaral, Joao ^a   O'Connor, Constance ^a,c   Fecteau, Annie ^a,b   Langer, Jacob C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Cholestasis; Cholestatic jaundice; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN SCREENING; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ALGORITHM; BILIARY ATRESIA; BIOPSY; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; BILIARY ATRESIA; BIOPSY; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84924066847     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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