RT Book, Section A1 Murtagh, John A1 Murtagh, Clare SR Print(0) ID 1208724438 T1 Jaundice T2 John Murtagh’s General Practice Companion Handbook, 8th Edition YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw-Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd PP Sydney, Australia SN 9781743768266 LK murtagh.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1208724438 RD 2024/10/09 AB Jaundice is defined as a serum bilirubin level above 19 µmol/LClinical jaundice manifests only when the bilirubin exceeds 50 µmol/LJaundice is difficult to detect visually below 85 µmol/L if lighting is poorThe most common causes recorded in a general practice population are (in order) viral hepatitis, gallstones, carcinoma of pancreas, cirrhosis, pancreatitis and drugsAlways take a full travel, drug and hepatitis contact history in any patient presenting with jaundice