Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has similar pathologic findings of alcoholic fatty liver but occurs in patients who drink little or no alcohol. Accumulation of excess fat in the liver is regarded as a clinical feature of insulin resistance and is known to be associated with metabolic syndrome components such as abdominal obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. For this...

Context: The enhanced inflammatory response and oxidative stress may play an important role, apart from classic risk factors like hypertension and diabetes mellitus, in the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Aims: To evaluate the role of serum bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase levels in cardiovascular diseases. Settings and Design: Study type is observational randomized controlled trials....

CONTEXT Bilirubin has been shown to influence the mechanisms of both apoptosis and inflammation. AIMS The aim of the following study is to investigate the relationship between the serum bilirubin level with sepsis progression. SETTINGS AND DESIGN A total of 20 patients from intensive care unit were included for this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were divided into two groups: Patie...

Objective: Jaundice is a common problem in infants, particularly premature infants (60-80%). The most common treatment of neonatal jaundice is phototherapy; however, traditional and complementary medicine is preferred due to complications of phototherapy in newborns. This study evaluates the effect of Chicory extract bath on bilirubin levels of infants with jaundice hospitalized in educational ...

Phototherapy is a conventional method of lowering serum bilirubin in newborn jaundice. We evaluated the short distance in relation to conventional long distance phototherapy between the light-source and the skin surface. Healthy jaundiced neonates undergoing phototherapy were randomized into two groups. The distance between the light-source and the newborn's skin was 20 and 40 centimeters (G20;...

phototherapy is a conventional method of lowering serum bilirubin in newborn jaundice. we evaluated the short distance in relation to conventional long distance phototherapy between the light-source and the skin surface. healthy jaundiced neonates undergoing phototherapy were randomized into two groups. the distance between the light-source and the newborn's skin was 20 and 40 centimeters (g20;...

Bilirubin is a standard serum biomarker of liver function. Inexplicably, it is inversely correlated with cardiovascular disease risk. Given the role of endothelial dysfunction in originating cardiovascular diseases, direct analysis of bilirubin in the vascular endothelium would shed light on these relationships. Hence, we used high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with thermal lens spe...

A new, simple, and rapid assay for conjugated bilirubin that does not require serum-matrix standards was developed by using the enzyme bilirubin oxidase (EC 1.3.3.5). This procedure can also be modified to measure total bilirubin. Measurements from these assays were compared with results obtained with the Sigma 605 (Jendrassik-Gróf method), Sigma 550/551 (Walters-Gerarde method), and Kodak Ekta...

Background: Given the overriding importance of neonatal jaundice and scarcity of studies on the role of route of delivery on its occurrence, this study aimed to investigate the association between neonatal bilirubin level and the route of delivery (i.e., normal vaginal delivery [NVD] and cesarean section [CS]). Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 in Imam Reza ...

The bilirubin method of Rand and DiPasqua (3), which utilizes a stabilized diazonium salt solution of 2,4 dichloraniline, has been adapted to automatic chemical analysis. Both total bilirubin and “1-mm. reacting” bilirubin can be assayed with good accuracy and precision. Data are presented to show excellent agreement with the manually performed procedure and the procedure of Malloy and Evelyn (...