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A Case of Postoperative Jaundice

James Ketterhagen, MD; Steven Quackenbush, MD

Arch Surg. 1983;118(6):756-758.

Abstract
• A patient had substantial jaundice following an uncomplicated appendectomy. After recovery, the hyperbilirubinemia recurred following a 24-hour fast. An analysis to determine the effect of fasting on the bilirubin level in hospitalized patients showed an apparent elevation in the serum unconjugated bilirubin level in the fasting state.

(Arch Surg 1983;118:756-758)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Surgery (Dr Ketterhagen) and Pathology (Dr Quackenbush), St Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 29, 1982.

Read before the Wisconsin Surgical Society, Lake Geneva, Sept 12, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, St Joseph's Hospital, 5000 W Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI 53210 (Dr Ketterhagen).

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