Question

A 35-year-old-female patient with complaints of high fever and joint pain visited a clinician in a given hospital. During laboratory diagnosis, the patient's serum was found icterus, she was positive for plasmodium falciparum and slightly anemic. Her serum direct bilirubin level was 0.2 mg/dl (with reference range 0-0.5 mg/dl), and serum total bilirubin level was 2 mg/dl (with reference range of 1.0-1.5 mg/dl). What kind of jaundice did the result indicate? a. Post-hepatic jaundice b. Hepatic jaundice c. Pre-hepatic jaundice d. No jaundice

Answer 1

The result indicates c. Pre-hepatic jaundice.