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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2013

A newborn (mother's I pregnancy) weighing 3500 g presents with jaundice, lethargy, reduced reflexes. Objectively: second grade jaundice of skin with saffron tint, liver - +2cm, spleen - +1 cm. Urine and feces are yellow. Blood count: Hb-100 g/l, RBCs - 3,2 × 1012/l, WBCs -18,7 × 109/l, mother's blood type - 0(I) Rh(+), baby's blood type - A(II) Rh(-), bilirubin - 170 mmol/l, indirect fraction. ALT, AST rates are normal. What disease is the child most likely to have?

Answer options

  1. Perinatal hepatitis
  2. Physiologic jaundice
  3. Biliary atresia
  4. Hemolytic disease of newborn, AB0-conflict
  5. Hemolytic disease of newborn, Rh-conflict
Correct answer

Hemolytic disease of newborn, AB0-conflict

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