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What is the typical presentation for encopresis?
Constipation with liquid shit leaking around hard shit in the dilated anal vault
Most common cause of organic conastipation?
Hirschprung’s
age of onset of IBD?
15-20 and 50
Upper GI bleed in a newborn
Check the mom’s nips
5 causes of LGI bleed in neonate
Swallowing blood Volvulus allergic colitis NEC Hirschprung's
MOst common cause of LGI bleeding beyond infancy?
Juvenile polyps (painless)
Painless acute rectal bleeding in an otherwise healthy child
Meckel’s diverticulum
Dx of meckel’s
NM scan to ID ectopic gastric mucosa
Def mof cholestatic jaundice
Direct (conjugated) bili is greater than 2 mg/dL in the presence of jaundice
Most common cause of cholestasis in the neonate
Idiopathic
Most common cause of liver transplant in kids
Biliary atresia
Clinical biliary atresia
jaundice as a newborn (may be confused with physiologic jaundice)
Or jaundice 4-6 weeks old
Dark urine
Acholic stools
moderately elevated bili
rapid progression of disease (cirrhosis by 4 months)
What viruses canc ause hepatitis
Systemoc- EBV, VZV, HIV, HSV
Hepatotropic- HAV, B, C, D, E