November 21, 2011 — Universal screening of direct/conjugated bilirubin levels at birth and following up all newborns with elevated direct/conjugated bilirubin levels is needed to detect infants with ...

To assess the utility of measuring direct bilirubin (DB) during the first 72 h of life in infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The DB levels were measured in 3715 infants ...

Evaluating neonates at risk for hyperbilirubinemia includes awareness of high-risk infants based on maternal history, delivery, gestational age, and postnatal course as well as risk factors. Baseline ...

The debate about the serum bilirubin concentration that becomes neurotoxic to neonates continues. Vigintiphobia is criticized as archaic, nonspecific and insensitive. In the presence of ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information, sharing his or her reasoning with the reader ...

Case reports of C.I. and C.S. are as follows: C.I., a 27-year-old man, was born in Greece and emigrated to this country as a child. At the age of 4 years, jaundice was detected clinically for the 1st ...

Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia occurs when bilirubin, a by-product of red blood cells, builds up in the blood. This can indicate several underlying causes, such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, or biliary ...

Cholecystitis, or gallbladder inflammation, can sometimes cause jaundice if something blocks the flow of bile from the gallbladder. Cholecystitis refers to inflammation of the gallbladder. There are ...

Jaundice is one of the most common conditions needing medical attention in newborn babies. Jaundice refers to the yellow colouration of the skin and the sclerae (whites of the eyes) caused by the ...