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Posted On : 13 Mar 2017

24 days old baby, 2nd by birth order, born of nonconsanguionus marriage, hailing from pune was admitted with h, o fever of 1 day, and irritability. fever subsided on D8 of admission. he was given antibiotics. death of elder sibling {female child} at 3 months of age _? d, t sepsis. on examination he was febrile, vitals stable, mild icterus, liver span 6cm rt lobe and 4 cm left lobe, spleen 2 cm. Other S.E. was WNL. On D3 of admission he was noticed to have progressive icterus. and abdominal distention-tense ascitis. His WBC -7000, Hb 10,plaelets 10000, SGPT 180, GGT 187, ALP 87. Direct hyperbilirubinemia, deranged PT, PTT, Protein 3.1, Albumin 2.1, Ascitic fluid exudative type. Bone marrow report awaited.
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No metion of blood sugar anywhere - was the baby hypoglycaemic at presentation or at any time. This baby will need G6PD and metabolic screening in the form of IEM screening.

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