Abstract:
This study was conducted in patients from Ibn siena and
Soba hospitals, Khartoum –Sudan during the period from
20th November to 18th January, fifty Sudanese patients
with obstructive jaundice aged (16-90 yrs),mean ±
SD(47± 19), (fifty percent were males) were included in
this study as case group. Fifty apparently healthy
volunteers were included in this study as control group.
In this study plasma bilirubin and plasma potassium level
were measured in 50 patients with obstructive jaundice
and 50 normal subjects as controls. Plasma bilirubin was
measured with Jendrassik–grof method, and plasma
potassium was measured by flame photometry.
In patient group, plasma bilirubin level was found to be
high and significantly higher than in control group and
than normal value due to obstruction that stops the
passage of bilirubin.
Potassium level in patients group was found to be lower
than in control group and the difference were statistically
significant. Most probably, this is due to the effect of
obstructive jaundice in renal tubular functions.
