Accuracy of hepatobiliary scintigraphy for differentiation of neonatal hepatitis from biliary atresia: systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

HR Kianifar, S Tehranian, P Shojaei, Z Adinehpoor… - Pediatric …, 2013 - Springer
Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is an important diagnostic modality for work-up of neonatal
cholestasis. Therefore, our objective was to evaluate the literature regarding the accuracy of …

Biliary atresia: recent progress

MD Bassett, KF Murray - Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA), an inflammatory sclerosing cholangiopathy, is the
leading indication for liver transplantation in children. The cause is still unknown, although …

SNM practice guideline for hepatobiliary scintigraphy 4.0

M Tulchinsky, BW Ciak, D Delbeke… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
VOICE Credit: This activity has been approved for 1.0 VOICE (Category A) credit. For CE
credit, participants can access this activity on page 15A or on the SNM Web site (http://www …

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy in 2014

HA Ziessman - Journal of nuclear medicine technology, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
Cholescintigraphy with 99mTc-hepatobiliary radiopharmaceuticals has been an important,
clinically useful diagnostic imaging study for almost 4 decades. It continues to be in much …

Comparison of different diagnostic methods for differentiating biliary atresia from idiopathic neonatal hepatitis

JG Yang, DQ Ma, Y Peng, L Song, CL Li - Clinical imaging, 2009 - Elsevier
AIM: To retrospectively analyze different methods in differentiating biliary atresia from
idiopathic neonatal hepatitis. METHODS: Sixty-nine infants with cholestatic jaundice and …

Italian guidelines for the management and treatment of neonatal cholestasis

C Dani, S Pratesi, F Raimondi, C Romagnoli… - Italian Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Hyperbilirubinemia is a frequent condition affecting newborns during the first two weeks of
life and when it lasts more than 14 days it is defined as prolonged jaundice. This condition …

Selective use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the diagnosis of biliary atresia in infants younger than 100 days

NP Shanmugam, PM Harrison, J Devlin… - Journal of pediatric …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: We investigated the role and safety of endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in diagnosing biliary atresia (BA) in prolonged neonatal …

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography prior to explorative laparotomy avoids unnecessary surgery in patients suspected for biliary atresia

C Petersen, PN Meier, A Schneider, C Turowski… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Timely diagnosis of biliary atresia (BA) requires key investigations
that are less invasive but as accurate as possible. Non-invasive imaging preselects patients …

Neonatal cholestasis: a Pandora's box

A Pandita, V Gupta, G Gupta - Clinical Medicine Insights …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Neonatal cholestasis (NC) is a diagnostic dilemma frequently countered in a neonatal care
unit. Early diagnosis is vital for achieving an optimal patient outcome as many causes of …

Comparison of different noninvasive diagnostic methods for biliary atresia: a meta-analysis

JP He, Y Hao, XL Wang, XJ Yang, JF Shao… - World Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background This study was undertaken to retrospectively analyze the accuracy of different
methods in differentiating biliary atresia from neonatal jaundice. Methods A search was …