Variant etiologies of neonatal cholestasis and their
outcome: a Middle East single-center experience

Mohamed Abdel-Salam El-Guindi; Magdy Anwar Saber; Samar Ahmed Shoeir; Ayat Roushdy Abdallah; Ahmad Mohamed Sira

doi:10.5114/ceh.2021.107066

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Original paper

Variant etiologies of neonatal cholestasis and their outcome: a Middle East single-center experience

Mohamed Abdel-Salam El-Guindi

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,

Magdy Anwar Saber

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,

Samar Ahmed Shoeir

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,

Ayat Roushdy Abdallah

²

,

Ahmad Mohamed Sira

¹

Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt

Clin Exp HEPATOL 2021; 7, 205-214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2021.107066

Online publish date: 2021/06/22

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Introduction
Neonatal cholestasis (NC) constitutes a large proportion of pediatric liver disorders. Nevertheless, awareness of the variant etiologies and how to manage them appropriately are lacking. So, out of a few specialized centers, many cases pass without appropriate management. This study aimed to present our tertiary level center’s experience in NC that could increase the pediatrician’s awareness of handling this problematic and common medical morbidity efficiently.

Material and methods
It is a retrospective study in which we analyzed the NC cases admitted to the inpatient department within three years. For all recruited patients, the available data were retrieved and recorded.

Results
A total of 412 patients were reviewed with 20 different etiologies diagnosed. The most common cause was biliary atresia (n = 151, 37%), followed by progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (n = 51, 12%), neonatal sepsis (n = 39, 9%), and cytomegalovirus (n = 33, 8%). Of the 412 patients, 394 (81%) had follow-up ranging from 1 to 36 months. A total of 173 patients improved with supportive and/or specific therapy, while 108 patients died at a median age of 6 months. The commonest cause of death was liver failure (40.7%), followed by pneumonia (28.7%), sudden death (13%), septicemia (6.5%), and hepatorenal syndrome (5.5%).

Conclusions
NC constitutes more than one-third of the inpatient admissions of all pediatric liver disorders and has a high rate of mortality. Awareness of the variety of etiologies and a rapid stepwise approach to diagnosis could have an impact on the outcome of this devastating disease.

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Variant etiologies of neonatal cholestasis and their outcome: a Middle East single-center experience

Mohamed Abdel-Salam El-Guindi 1 , Magdy Anwar Saber 1 , Samar Ahmed Shoeir 1 , Ayat Roushdy Abdallah 2 , Ahmad Mohamed Sira 1

biliary atresia, idiopathic neonatal hepatitis, Kasai portoenterostomy, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

Mohamed Abdel-Salam El-Guindi

¹

,

Magdy Anwar Saber

¹

,

Samar Ahmed Shoeir

¹

,

Ayat Roushdy Abdallah

²

,

Ahmad Mohamed Sira

¹