The Newborn Flashcards
1
Q
Describe jaundice appearing within 24 hours of age
A
Potential diagnoses
- haemolytic disease of the newborn
- Infections
- G6PD deficiency
2
Q
Describe jaundice appearing within 24-72 hours of age
A
Potential diagnoses
- Physiological
- Sepsis
- Polycythaemia
3
Q
Describe jaundice appearing after 72 hours of age
A
- extrahepatic biliary atresia
- Sepsis
- congenital hypothyroidism
- breastfeeding
4
Q
How can breastfeeding cause jaundice?
A
Indirect hyperbilirubinemia
5
Q
What is androgen insensitivity syndrome?
A
A condition where a person is born with genotype 46XY but due to androgen insensitivity they have ambiguous internal genitalia and female external genitalia
May be diagnosed at birth, more commonly at puberty
- primary amenorrhoea
- undescended testes causing groin swellings
Diagnosis by buccal smear or chromosomal analysis to determine genotype
