Skip to main content

Main menu

  • HOME
  • ARTICLES
    • Current Issue
    • Ahead of Print
    • Archives
    • Abstracts In Press
    • Special Issue Archive
    • Subject Collections
  • INFO FOR
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Call For Papers
    • Subscribers
    • Advertisers
  • SUBMIT
    • Manuscript
    • Peer Review
  • ABOUT
    • The JABFM
    • The Editing Fellowship
    • Editorial Board
    • Indexing
    • Editors' Blog
  • CLASSIFIEDS
  • Other Publications
    • abfm

User menu

Search

  • Advanced search
American Board of Family Medicine
  • Other Publications
    • abfm
American Board of Family Medicine

American Board of Family Medicine

Advanced Search

  • HOME
  • ARTICLES
    • Current Issue
    • Ahead of Print
    • Archives
    • Abstracts In Press
    • Special Issue Archive
    • Subject Collections
  • INFO FOR
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Call For Papers
    • Subscribers
    • Advertisers
  • SUBMIT
    • Manuscript
    • Peer Review
  • ABOUT
    • The JABFM
    • The Editing Fellowship
    • Editorial Board
    • Indexing
    • Editors' Blog
  • CLASSIFIEDS
  • JABFM on Bluesky
  • JABFM On Facebook
  • JABFM On Twitter
  • JABFM On YouTube
Case ReportCase Report

Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Caused By Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

Steven G. Hammer and Richard B. Lewan
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice October 1988, 1 (4) 288-290; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.1.4.288
Steven G. Hammer
From the Waukesha Family Practice Residency Program, Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin, Waukesha, WI. Address reprint requests to Richard B. Lewan, M.D., 434 Madison Street, Waukesha, WI 53188.
M.D.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Richard B. Lewan
From the Waukesha Family Practice Residency Program, Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin, Waukesha, WI. Address reprint requests to Richard B. Lewan, M.D., 434 Madison Street, Waukesha, WI 53188.
M.D.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • References
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

This article has a correction. Please see:

  • Correction - July 01, 1989

Abstract

We report an infant with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia due to pyruvate kinase deficiency. The initial approach involved rapid evaluation, phototherapy, and dose monitoring of serum bilirubin levels. Follow-up induded maintenance on folic acid, monitoring blood counts, and educating the parents about the course of pyruvate kinase deficiency, especially aplastic crisis. We suggest that the informed family practitioner can manage neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and pyruvate kinase deficiency with referrals at critical times to pediatric or surgical specialists. The practitioner must be able to recognize quickly the need for exchange transfusion for severe jaundice and for blood transfusions or splenectomy when significant anemia or aplastic crisis occurs.

PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

The Journal of the American Board of Family     Practice: 1 (4)
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
Vol. 1, Issue 4
1 Oct 1988
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on American Board of Family Medicine.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Caused By Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency
(Your Name) has sent you a message from American Board of Family Medicine
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the American Board of Family Medicine web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
14 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.
Citation Tools
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Caused By Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency
Steven G. Hammer, Richard B. Lewan
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Oct 1988, 1 (4) 288-290; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.1.4.288

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Caused By Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency
Steven G. Hammer, Richard B. Lewan
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Oct 1988, 1 (4) 288-290; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.1.4.288
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
  • References
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • Correction
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Temporal Arteritis: An Atypical Presentation
  • Temporal Arteritis With Normal Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
  • Pancytopenia Associated With Hypothermia
Show more Case Reports

Similar Articles

Navigate

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Past Issues

Authors & Reviewers

  • Info For Authors
  • Info For Reviewers
  • Submit A Manuscript/Review

Other Services

  • Get Email Alerts
  • Classifieds
  • Reprints and Permissions

Other Resources

  • Forms
  • Contact Us
  • ABFM News

© 2025 American Board of Family Medicine

Powered by HighWire