Report of 21 Cases of Neonatal Cholestasis in a Children’s Hospital in Cartagena, Colombia

Authors

  • Jorge José Mendoza Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja
  • Rodrigo de Vivero Camacho Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja
  • Nelson Armando Muñoz Alvarez Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja
  • Amileth Suarez Causado Universidad de Cartagena
  • Carlos Moneriz Pretell Universidad de Cartagena

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.27

Keywords:

Neonatal cholestasis, bilirubin, biliary atresia, neonatal jaundice, neonatal sepsis

Abstract

Cholestasis is an alteration in the flow of bile resulting from decreases or cessation of biliary excretion. To date, there have been only a few studies on this topic in Colombia. This article presents twenty-one cases of neonatal cholestasis from a Children’s Hospital in Cartagena, Colombia that occurred between 2010 and 2013. The aim of this study is to characterize the etiology and clinical characteristics of the disease. Patients between birth and 3 months old with direct bilirubin levels over 2 mg/dl were selected. By gender, 52.4% of the patients were male, and 47.6% were female. 76.2% of the patients were full term, and 57.1% had no perinatal antecedents. Clinical symptoms presented in the first 30 days after birth in 71% of the patients, and 4 patients were referred for liver transplantation. The most common etiology was infectious (13 patients), and 4 patients had atresia. The most common cause of neonatal cholestasis in this study was infection, but obstructive
disorders such as biliary atresia still account for an important proportion of the patients. They require priority study and handling because early intervention results in better prognoses.

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Author Biographies

Jorge José Mendoza, Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja

Pediatrician at the School of Medicine of the Universidad de Cartagena and the Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja in Cartagena, Colombia

Rodrigo de Vivero Camacho, Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja

Pediatric Gastroenterologist at the School of Medicine of the Universidad de Cartagena and the Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja in Cartagena, Colombia

Nelson Armando Muñoz Alvarez, Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja

Pediatrician at the Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja in Cartagena and Professor of the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad de Cartagena in Cartagena, Colombia

Amileth Suarez Causado, Universidad de Cartagena

Prometheus Group and Applied Biomedicine for the Clinical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad de Cartagena in Cartagena, Colombia

Carlos Moneriz Pretell, Universidad de Cartagena

PhD. Biochemistry and Disease Group in the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad de Cartagena in Cartagena, Colombia

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Published

2015-03-30

How to Cite

Mendoza, J. J., de Vivero Camacho, R., Muñoz Alvarez, N. A., Suarez Causado, A., & Moneriz Pretell, C. (2015). Report of 21 Cases of Neonatal Cholestasis in a Children’s Hospital in Cartagena, Colombia. Revista Colombiana De Gastroenterología, 30(1), 92–99. https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.27

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