Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is an important clinical entity to consider in a patient with fever and abdominal pain. Previously, the condition was difficult to diagnose and treat, but with the introduction of widely available and reliable imaging techniques, its diagnosis has become more straightforward. Although uncommon, PLA should especially be considered in the differential diagnosis for pa...

Sixteen of the 448 neonates admitted with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia had hepatitis. Four of these babies were HbsAg positive at the time ofadmission. About418 of the mothers of jaundiced neonates admitted to the nursery were screened for HbsAg; 47/418 of them were HbsAg positive. The percentages of affected mothers were the same among the Malays, Chinese and Indians. This study suggests th...

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 w...

The cerebrovascular response to hypercapnia and hyperventilation was studied in normal and jaundiced baboons by the intracarotid 133Xe injection technique. The baboons with bile duct ligation were found to have decreased CBF at all levels of PaCO2. This difference between normal and jaundiced baboons was 13% at normocapnia rising to 33% with hypercapnia and 37% with hypocapnia. The CBF values a...

OBJECTIVES Neonatal jaundice is the most common problem in full-term infants during the immediate post-natal period. We examined the effect of a lactation support intervention on breastfeeding duration in hospitalized jaundiced infants. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a randomized controlled trial with a qualitative component involving mothers of hospitalized jaundiced breastfed infants <4 weeks of...