Icterus

Question 1

jaundice

Answer 1

excess accumulation of bilirubin

Question 2

bilirubin

Answer 2

produced as result of RBC breakdown
unconjugated - when RBCs first broken down, can only travel through blood stream attached to albumin, can’t b excreted directly
conjugated - excreted in this form

Question 3

prehepatic

Answer 3

issue before the liver

accelerated increase in RBC breakdown - immune issue
too much billirubin produced

Question 4

hepatic

Answer 4

issue in liver itself

can’t reuptake bilirubin so recycles back into blood
reduced secretion of billirubin
least amount of jaundice

Question 5

post-hepatic

Answer 5

issue in gall bladder and bile ducts

least common
most yellow
disruption of bile flow through gall bladder and bile ducts
gall bladdEr obstruction - diagnose with US