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Chapter-25 Postoperative Jaundice

BOOK TITLE: Hepatic and Biliary Diseases: Anesthesiologists’ Perspective

Author
1. Pandey Chandra Kant
2. Nath Soumya Sankar
3. Tripathi Mukesh
ISBN
9789350252512
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11585_25
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2012
Pages
6
Author Affiliations
1. Sahara Hospital, Gomti Nagar Lucknow, India, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India
2. Sahara Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
3. Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Abstract

Postoperative jaundice is given in detail. Bilirubin overproduction, hypoxic liver injury, effect of surgery and anesthesia on liver flow, jaundice after cardiac surgery, intraoperative and all other postoperative factors causing postoperative jaundice, clinical features, diagnosis and management of postoperative jaundice are described in detail. A flow chart is included to highlight algorithm for diagnosis of postoperative jaundice. 8 references are given at the end of the chapter to facilitate further reading.

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