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Any new experience with the use of phenobarbitone in treatment of neonatal cholestasis?

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We do not administer phenobarbital in cases of neonatal cholestasis.

In PubMed I found these article in support of our strategy (but literature seems really sparse):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2324888

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3517284

On the other hand, we may give ursodeoxycholic acid to infant (especially preterms) with cholestasis as a result of long-term TPN.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18223390

  • 1 month later...

we use phenobarb only in preparation for HIDA scan.we get a lot of cases where we have to differentiate between EHBA and severe cholestasis of other causes

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