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6 years ago
When a newborn has a lack of bilirubin uptake, what does the nurse suspect is occurring in the patient?
 
  a. Biliary hypertrophy
  b. Physiologic jaundice
  c. Hepatitis A
  d. Infantile cirrhosis
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ANS: B
Physiologic jaundice (newborn jaundice or neonatal bilirubinemia) is a frequently encountered problem in otherwise healthy newborns caused by lack of maturity in bilirubin uptake and conju-gation. Impaired excretion of bilirubin does not lead to biliary hypertrophy, hepatitis A, or cirrho-sis.
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