Jaundice
Description | Blood: Haptoglobin, LDH, bilirubin (direct/indirect), AP, gamma-GT, GOT, GPT, reticulocytes, direct and indirect Coombs-test Urine: Urobilinogen (+) Differential diagnosis: Pre-hepatic jaundice (hemolysis): Haptoglobin ↓, LDH ↑, reticulocytes ↑, indirect bilirubin ↑, Coombs-test (+), urobilinogen (+) Intra-hepatic jaundice: AP ↑, Gamma-GT ↑, SGOT (↑), SGPT (↑) Post-hepatic jaundice: Imaging Please also refer to sections “hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, hepatitides, Crigler-Najjar-, Dubin-Johnson- and rotor-syndrome |