Evaulation of the severity of jaundice in the neonate may be determined by measuring the reserve binding capacity of serum proteins for free bilirubin. Determination of protein-bound bilirubin has been labor intensive, necessitating multiple runs on gel-permeation chromatography columns or, more recently, enzyme assays or fluorescence quenching analysis. We present a method for quantitation of ...

To elucidate the mechanism by which phototherapy reduces serum bilirubin, studies were performed on the catabolism of labeled bilirubin in homozygous jaundiced Gunn rats before, during, and after a period of exposure to 1700 foot candles of daylight fluorescent light. Following equilibration with the body pool of an intravenously administered tracer dose of (3)H- or (14)C-bilirubin, radioactive...

OBJECTIVE Determine the relationship between bilirubin levels with and without other liver function test (LFT) elevations and relative mortality in life insurance applicants. METHOD By use of the Social Security Death Master File mortality was determined in 1,905,664 insurance applicants for whom blood samples were submitted to the Clinical Reference Laboratory. There were 50,174 deaths obser...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous studies have suggested that bilirubin is a potential contributor to cerebral vasospasm. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether bilirubin accrues in subarachnoid clot, whether its vasoconstrictive effect could involve a direct action on arterial smooth muscle cells, and, if so, whether bilirubin affects their Ca2+ uptake. METHODS Subarachnoid...

ont matter & 2005 2005.10.002 thor. Tel.: +1 718 . howdhur@aecom. Summary Bilirubin is the breakdown product of the haem moiety of haemoglobin and other haemoproteins. Because of internal hydrogen bonding, bilirubin is water-insoluble and requires enzyme-mediated glucuronidation in the liver for biliary excretion. In normal circumstances, plasma bilirubin is mostly unconjugated and is tightly b...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to evaluate whether the high concentration of bilirubin is able to interfere the determination of alkaline phosphatase (ALP). METHODS Clinical tests evaluating the interfering substance of bilirubin of various concentrations on the determination of ALP were conducted based upon the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) document EP7-A2, the most r...

Bilirubin has traditionally been considered a cytotoxic waste product. However, recent studies have shown bilirubin to have anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, vasodilatory, anti-apoptotic and anti-proliferative functions. These properties potentially confer bilirubin a new role of protection especially in coronary artery disease (CAD), which is a low grade inflammatory process exacerbated by oxid...

AIMS To investigate the concentrations of bilirubin, bilirubin conjugates, phospholipid, and cholesterol in the gall bladder bile obtained at surgery from patients with and without cholesterol gallstones. METHODS Gall bladder bile was collected during surgery, by puncture, from 20 patients with gallstones undergoing routine cholecystectomy and from eight patients with normal liver blood tests...

background: this study was performed to find out whether transcutaneous bilirubinometry could be a valid screening method for hyperbilirubinemia in preterm infants, especially for those who needed mechanical ventilation. methods: we evaluated 63 preterm iranian newborns who were managed in the neonatal intensive care unit of shahidbeheshti university hospital, isfahan, iran from april 2009 to a...

background and aim: neonatal jaundice is one of the common causes of early sensori­neural hearing loss and an important cause of deafness in children. auditory responses are the most sensitive parts of the nervous system to the toxic effect of bilirubin. this study was aimed to examine the effect of neonatal hyperbili­rubinemia and its treatment on auditory brain­stem responses (abr). methods: ...