Enfoque del paciente ictérico

Juan Pablo Restrepo; Jorge Eduardo Buritica; Ana Maria Silva

doi:10.30554/archmed.12.0.1513.2006

Jaundiced patient approach

Enfoque del paciente ictérico

Published 2007-06-30

https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.12.0.1513.2006

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Restrepo, J. P., Buritica, J. E., & Silva, A. M. (2007). Jaundiced patient approach. Archivos De Medicina (Manizales), 12, 15-24. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.12.0.1513.2006

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Restrepo, J. P., Buritica, J. E., & Silva, A. M. (2007). Jaundiced patient approach. Archivos De Medicina (Manizales), 12, 15-24. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.12.0.1513.2006

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Juan Pablo Restrepo

Juan Pablo Restrepo,Internista, profesor de la Universidad de Manizales.

Jorge Eduardo Buritica

Jorge Eduardo Buriticá: Cirujano general U. de Caldas, Profesor de cirugía U. de Manizales. Profesor pregrado y postgrado U. de Caldas.

Ana Maria Silva

Ana Marìa Silva, Médica interna, Universidad de Manizales.

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Jaundice is a common query emergency services and outpatient. The general practitioner should be trained for the proper diagnosis of these patients. With this article, it is intended to give an illustration and a guide to general practitioner to properly focus the jaundiced patient so quickly know what laboratory tests and imaging are required. For proper diagnosis, it requires a knowledge of the physiology of bilirubin, a complete and adequate medical history and finally a paraclinical support varies with the type of patient. Jaundice is a yellowing of the skin, sclera and mucous membranes due to increased serum bilirubin

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