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Types of Jaundice - Symptoms and Treatment - Bilirubin Metabolism

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This course explains bilirubin metabolism and the mechanisms, causes, clinical features, and diagnosis of jaundice. It covers unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia, neonatal and inherited disorders, hepatitis, intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholestasis, biliary obstruction, and related clinical scenarios.

Syllabus

Definition of jaundice and how it is different from hyperbilirubinemia, icterus, and cholestasis?
Structure of hemoglobin and its types .
Formation of hemosiderin and the difference between hemosiderosis and hemochromatosis.
Binding of unconjugated bilirubin with bilirubin binding protein and its clinical correlation.
Conjugation of unconjugated bilirubin inside the liver and its clinical correlates.
Transport of conjugated bilirubin through the biliary canalicular system into GIT.
Modification of conjugated bilirubin in GIT.
Reabsorption of Urobilinogen into portal circulation its fates and clinical correlations.
A detailed explanation of the pathophysiology of hyperbilirubinemia.
Clinical conditions which cause unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia.
Causes of physiologic jaundice of newborn.
What is breast milk jaundice?
Inherited disorders due to deficiency of glucuronyl transferase.
Detailed explanation on impaired conjugation of bilirubin occurred by hepatitis.
Detailed explanation on Intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholestasis.
Causes of intrahepatic biliary obstruction.
Causes of pregnancy related cholestasis.
Causes of extrahepatic biliary obstruction.
Detailed explanation on diagnosis of jaundice under different conditions.
How the diagnosis of cholestasis is made and the concept of xanthoma and xanthelasma?
A rapid review of obstructive jaundice.
Detailed explanation on intra hepatic and extra hepatic cholestasis.
Clinical scenario of Obstructive jaundice.
Clinical scenario of Extravascular hemolysis.
Clinical scenario of Acute and chronic hepatitis.
Clinical scenario of Carcinoma of the head of pancreas.

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