A review of 100 consecutive cases of jaundice seen in a surgical unit.
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TlEk problems presmted by the jaundiced patient are many and yet the establishment of an early diagnosis is 'important. To find the relative frequency of the various causes of jaundice a record of all such patients seen by one of us (H.L.) has been kept since the adult surgical unit was opened three years ago in the Ulster Hospital, Belfast. SELECrION OF CASES One hundred consecutive patients who were either clinically jaundiced when seen or who had a serum bilirubin level greater than 1.0 mg per ml. make up the series. It can be seen from Table I that just over half (52) of the cases were
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Ulster Medical Journal
دوره 41 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1972