Causes of obvious jaundice in South West Wales

[...]we believe that the perception of most clinicians that shock/sepsis is an unusual cause for patients to present with jaundice to medical care is an accurate one. [...]most patients with proven obstructive jaundice did not have serological tests whereas most patients with intrinsic hepatocyte dy...

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Published in:Gut 2002-10, Vol.51 (4), p.613-614
Main Authors: Forrest, E H, Forrest, J A H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol use
bilirubin
Bilirubin - blood
gall stones
Hepatitis
Hospitals
Humans
jaundice
Jaundice - etiology
Letter
Liver cirrhosis
Liver diseases
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - complications
Patients
Retrospective Studies
Sepsis
Sepsis - complications
Shock - complications
Wales
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Summary:[...]we believe that the perception of most clinicians that shock/sepsis is an unusual cause for patients to present with jaundice to medical care is an accurate one. [...]most patients with proven obstructive jaundice did not have serological tests whereas most patients with intrinsic hepatocyte dysfunction did.
ISSN:0017-5749
1468-3288
DOI:10.1136/gut.51.4.613-a