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David Mendez, M.D.
Kidz Medical Services
Miami Childrens Hospital
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All Yellow is Bad Prevent Yellow at all costs Watch out for 20 Major inroad in Neonatal Care
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Bilirubin Physiology Bilirubin Toxicity Differential Diagnosis Vigintiphobia Work Up Treatment Breast Milk
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GENERAL BILIRUBIN PHYSIOLOGY
HEME CATABOLISM BILIRUBIN TRANSPORT HEPATIC UPTAKE BILIRUBIN CONJUGATION
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GENERAL BILIRUBIN PHYSIOLOGY
BILIRUBIN IS THE END PRODUCT OF HEME DEGREDATION
MAJORITY DERIVED FROM ERYTHROCYTES REMOVED AND DESTROYED BY RES
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HEME CATABOLISM
HEME OXIDASE
HEME BILIVERDIN
CO
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NADPH DEPENDENT
BILIVERDINBILIRUBIN
BILIRUBIN REDUCTASE
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HEME CATABOLISM
1 MOLE OF HEME = 1 MOLE OF CO
METALLOPORPHRYNS ACT AS A COMPETITIVE INHIBITOR OF HEME OXIDASE
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BILIRUBIN TRANSPORT
Bilirubin formed in the RES or hepatic parenchymal cells and is released into the circulation
Bilirubin binds tightly, reversibly to albumin
The free component of bilirubin is toxic
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COMPOUNDS THAT BIND TO ALBUMIN
SULFA MEDICATIONS RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST MEDIA ASPIRIN BENZODIAZOPENES DIURETICS FUSIDIC ACID
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HEPATIC UPTAKE
Uptake is rapid, transport carrier mediated
Cytosolic proteins Ligandin (Y)
Fatty acid binding protein(Z)
* Not the area where bilirubin conjugation is delayed
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BILIRUBIN CONJUGATION
UDP-GLUCOROSYL
TRANSFERASE
BILIRUBIN BILIRUBIN
MONOGLUCORONIDE
-THIS IS THE ENZYME THAT IS RATE LIMITING
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BILIRUBIN CONJUGATION
GIRLS HAVE LOWER SERUM BILIRUBIN LEVELS THAN BOYS
ADULT BILIRUBIN IS IN THE DIGLUCOURONIDE FORM
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BILIRUBIN TOXICITY
RATE OF PRODUCTION
RATE OF ELIMINATION
UNCONJUGATED,UNBOUND
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RATE OF PRODUCTION
DESTRUCTION OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN
LIFE SPAN OF HgF ~ 90 DAYS vs HgA ~ 110 DAYS
DESTRUCTION BEGINS IN UTERO
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RATE OF ELIMINATION
UPTAKE
INTRACELLULAR BINDING/STORAGE
CONJUGATION
EXCRETION
PLACENTA SERVES AS REMOVER OF UNCONJUGATED BILI
DISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISMDISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISM
UPTAKE DISORDERS
A FAMILY OF ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORT PROTIENS (OATP) HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THERE ROLE HAS NOT BEEN DIRECTLY ESTABLISHED AND NO DISORDER HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THIS PROCESS
DISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISMDISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISM
BINDING AND STORAGE DISORDERS
WITHIN THE HEPATOCYTE, PROTEINS DESIGNATED Y AND Z.
Y PROTEIN CALLED LIGANDIN , SMALL % OF HEPACYTE COMPONENT
NO KNOWN DISORDER AS A RESULT OF ITS ABSENCE
DISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISMDISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISM
CONJUGATION DISORDERS
CRIGLER –NAJJAR SYNDROME TYPE I
ABSENT
UDP- GLUCOSYL TRANSFERASE ACTIVITY
DISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISMDISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISM
CONJUGATION DISORDERS
CRIGLER –NAJJAR SYNDROME TYPE II
( aka Arias Syndrome)
REDUCED ACTIVITY
UDP- GLUCOSYL TRANSFERASE ACTIVITY
(makes mostly monglucoronide)
DISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISMDISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISM
CONJUGATION DISORDERS
GILBERTS SYNDROME
(aka familial nonhemolytic jaundice)
Hepatic UDP transferase acitivty approx. 30%
DISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISMDISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISM
EXCRETION DISORDERS
DUBIN-JOHNSON SYNDROME
“black liver disease”
Canalicular excretion is defective, affects organic acid secretion from hepatocyte
DISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISMDISORDERS OF BILIRUBIN METABOLISM
HEPATIC STORAGE DISORDERS
ROTOR SYNDROME
Accumulation of Conj. Bili in plasma
Liver not pigmented
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UNCONJUGATED,UNBOUND BILIRUBIN
THAT BILIRUBIN THAT IS NOT BOUND TO ALBUMIN AND HAD NOT BEEN CONJUGATED BY THE LIVER IS FREE TO ENTER THE TISSUE
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KERNICTERUS
DEF: BILIRUBIN STAINING OF THE BASALGANGLIA AND CRANIAL NERVENUCLEI FOUND AT AUTOPSY
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BILIRUBIN ENCEPHALOPATHY
EARLY SYMPTOMS (NEONATAL)
LETHARGY
POOR FEEDINGHIGH PITCHED CRYVOMITINGHYPOTONIA
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BILIRUBIN ENCEPHALOPATHY
LATE SYMPTOMS IRRITABILITYHYPERTONIAOPISTHOTONOSSEIZURESCEREBRAL PALSY-ATHETOID, HEARING LOSS
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BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
DEF: A TIGHT-JUNCTIONED, DENSE PERICAPILLARY SHEATH, COMPOSED OF GLIAL FOOT PROCESSES AND A SERIES OF TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
* NORMALLY IMPERMEABLE TO ALBUMIN AND POLARWATER SOLUBLE BILIRUBIN COMPOUNDS
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BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIERWAYS TO PENETRATE
1. INCREASE THE VOLUME OF UNCONJUGATED BILIRUBIN
2. INJURE THE BBB
3. DISPLACE BILIRUBIN FROM ALBUMIN
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BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER1. INCREASE THE VOLUME OF UNCONJUGATED
BILIRUBIN
HEMOLYSIS (ABO, RH BRUSING) DECREASED ENZYME ACT. (GILBERT SYN) ABSENT ENZYME ACT. (CRIGLER-NAJJAR) LIVER DAMAGE (GALACTOSEMIA)
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BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
2. INJURE THE BBB
MORE LIKELY IN: TERM vs PRETERMSICK NEONATES vs ASYMPTOMATIC
CONDITIONS: SEIZURES, SEPSIS, MENNIGITIS,ACIDOSIS, HYPOTENSION, DEHYDRATION, BRAIN BLEEDS
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BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
3. DISPLACE BILIRUBIN FROM ALBUMIN
“LOW BILI KERNICTERUS IN 1960”S”
“SEDATION KERNICTERUS IN 1970’S”
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSISINCREASED PRODUCTION
BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY RED CELL MORPHOLOGY HEMORRHAGE POLYCYTHEMIA INCREASED ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSISDECREASED CLEARANCE
INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM’ HYPOTHYROIDISM BREAST MILK JAUNDICE PREMATURITY
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VIGINITIPHOBIA
“FEAR OF 20”
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VIGINITIPHOBIA
1950’S STUDY FROM BOSTON AND LONDONBABY’S WITH ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALISREPEATED EXCHANGE TRANSFUSIONS; KEEP BILI<20LESS INCIDENCE OF KERNICTERUS
THEREFORE ANY BABY WITH BILI RISING TO 20……
EXCHANGE !!
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RISK FACTORS
JAUNDICE IN THE 1ST 24HRS PREVIOUS SIBLING WITH JAUNDICE/PHOTORX CEPHALOHEMATOMA OR BRUISING AT BIRTH ABO INCOMPATIBILITY PREDISCHARGE BILIRUBIN . 95TH % TILE
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WORK UP
1. HISTORY
- UNDERLYING SIGNS OF ILLNESS
(LETHARGY, APNEA ,TACHYPNEA, TEMP.INSTABILITY, BEHAVIOR CHANGES, VOMITING)
- 37 OR LESS WEEKS GESTATION
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WORK UP
1. HISTORY
-MOTHER AND INFNAT ABO AND RH STATUS
-FAMILY HISTORY OF HEMOLYTIC DISEASE
-WHEN DID JAUNDICE PRESENT AND HOW LONG
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WORK UP
-FEEDING ISSUES
-STOOL COLOR AND VOLUME, URINE VOLUME
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WORK UP
2. LABS- BILIRUBIN UC/C
- COOMBS (UNLESS BLOOD TYPE KNOWN)- CBC-RETIC
-SEPSIS SCREEN(BLOOD C/S, URINE,STOOL, CSF)
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WORK UP
2. LABSIF EVIDENCE OF HEMOLYSIS
G6PD SCREENSMEAR
HGB ELCTROPHORESIS
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WORK UP
2. LABSIF BABY IS SEVERELY JAUNDICED, EARLY-ONSET, NON-HEMOLYTIC…..
THINK METABOLIC
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DIAGNOSIS IT IS IMPORTANT TO INTERPRET BILIRUBIN
LEVELS IN TERMS OF THE BABY’S AGE IN HOURS- NOT DAYS
THAT BABY’S ARE ALLOWED TO GO HOME AS SOON AS 36-72 HOURS AFTER BIRTH COMPROMISES THAT INTERPRETATION
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MAJOR RISK FACTORS PREDISCHARGE BILI IN HIGH-RISK ZONE(95%) JAUNDICE 1ST 24 HRS KNOWN BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY GESTATIONAL AGE < 36 WKS CEPHALOHEMATOMA OR BRUISING EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFEEDING EAST ASIAN RACE
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MINOR RISK FACTORS PREDISCHARGE BILI IN INTERMIEDIATE ZONE GESTATIONAL AGE 37-38 WEEKS JAUNDICED OBSERVED BEFORE DISCHARGE PREVIOUS SIBLING WITH JAUNDICED MACROSOMIC INFANT OF DIABETIC MOTHER MATERNAL AGE > 25 YRS MALE
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DIAGNOSIS JAUNDICED IN 1ST 24 HRS JAUNDICE APPEARS EXCESSIVE FOR AGE LESS THAN 38 WEEKS EXCLUSIVELY BREAST FED
“DON’T JUST LOOK….TEST”
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Subcommittee on Hyperbilirubinemia, Pediatrics 2004;114:297-316
Algorithm for the management of jaundice in the newborn nursery
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PHOTOTHERAPY
RESULTS IN A PHOTOISOMER OF BILIRUBIN WITH POLAR PROPERTIES THAT ALLOWS FOR BILE EXCRETION
DESCRIBED BY RJ CREMER IN ENGLAND(1958) WITH 1ST PHOTOTHERAPY PAPER IN LANCET
BLUE LIGHT (450NM) 1ST U.S. PAPER BY LUCEY IN 1968.
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PHOTOTHERAPY Can’t overdose on Phototherapy Halogen lights effective but “hot” Uncover the baby, “bathe in light” Special Blue light (F20T12/BB)
(TL 52/20W phillips) Irradiance level- 40-45
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PHOTOTHERAPY INDICATIONS FOR BABIES > 35 WEEKS
- SICK OR HEALTHY
- HEMOLYTIC OR NOT
- MAJOR RISK FACTORS
- MINOR RISK FACTORS
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Nomogram for designation of risk in 2840 well newborns at 36 or more weeks' gestational age with birth weight of 2000 g or more or 35 or more weeks' gestational age and birth weight of 2500 g or more based on the hour-specific serum bilirubin
values
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Guidelines for phototherapy in hospitalized infants of 35 or more weeks' gestation
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EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION
A PROCEDURE WHERE THE TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME IS ESTIMATED BASED ON NEONTAL WEIGHT AND TRANSFUSED INTO THE INFANT WHILE DRAWING OUT AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF BLOOD
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EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION INDICATIONS FOR BABIES > 35 WEEKS
-IMMEDIATELY IF S/SX OF ENCEPHALOPATHY
(HYPERTONIA, ARCHING, RETROCOLIS
OPISTHOTONOS, FEVER, HIGH PITCHED
CRY) OR IF TSB IS 5 MG/DL OVER LINE
PRESENCE OF MAJOR RISK FACTORS+TSB
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Guidelines for exchange transfusion in infants 35 or more weeks' gestation
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BREAST MILK JAUNDICE
COMPOUND IN BREAST MILK EITHER
INTERFERES WITH CONJUGATION OR
PROMOTES ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION
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BREAST MILK JAUNDICE
IN A PROPERLY BREAST-FED, HEALTHY WELL-HYRDATED NEWBORN, BILI LEVELSNOTE A PHYSIOLOGIC DISTRIBUTION AMONG A STUDY OF BABY’S WITH BMJ*
*ALONSO, GARTNER ET.AL
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BREAST MILK JAUNDICE
MOTHERS SHOULD NURSE THEIR INFANTS 8-12 TIMES/DAY
DO NOT SUPPLEMENT NON-DEHYDRATED BREAST FED INFANTS WITH WATER OR DETROSE WATER
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BREAST MILK JAUNDICEADEQUACY OF FEEDS
- BABY’S LOSE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LOSS DAY 3- % LOSS ON AVERAGE 6.1% + 2.5% (SD)- 4 TO 6 WET DIAPERS EVERY 24 HRS- 3 TO 4 STOOLS PER DAY BY DAY 4- MUSTARD YELLOW STOOLS BY DAY 3-4
IF WEIGHT LOSS >10%, EVALUATE INTAKE
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FOLLOWING BILIS
FOR INFANTS ON INTENSIVE PHOTORX-IF TSB > 25, REPEAT EVERY 2-3 HRS-IF TSB 20-25 REPEAT EVERY 3-4 HRS-IF TSB < 20 REPEAT EVERY 4-6 HRS- IF TSB < 13-14 MAY DISCONTINUE PHOTO
MAY CHECK FOR REBOUND 24 HRS D/C PHOTO
WHENEVER POSSIBLE CONTINUE TO BREAST FEED
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Relationship between average spectral irradiance and decrease in serum bilirubin concentration
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FOLLOW UP
BABY D/C’D BEFORE 24 HRS 72 HR F/U BABY D/C’D 24 TO 47.9 HRS 96 HR F/U BABY D/C’D 48 TO 72 HRS 120 HR F/U
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AAP JAUNDICE GUIDELINES1. PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SUCCESSFUL BREAST
FEEDING
2. ESTABLISH NURSERY PROTOCOLS
3. GET TSB IF JAUNDICED IN 1ST 24 HOURS
4. DON’T RELY ON VISUAL ASSESSMENT
5. INTERPRET BILI LEVELS BASED ON INFANT AGE IN HOURS
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AAP JAUNDICE GUIDELINES6. INFANTS LESS THAN 38 WEEKS, PARTICLUARLY IF
BREAST FED ARE AT HIGHER RISK
7. PERFORM RISK ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO D/C
8. GIVE PARENTS WRITTEN AND ORAL INFORMATION
9. PROVIDE TIME-APPROPRIATE FOLLOW UP
10. TREAT NEWBORNS WHEN INDICATED WITH PHOTOTHERAPY OR EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION