The effect of administration of graduated dose of aqueous leaf extract of Euphobia lateriflora on ALT, AST, ALP, bilirubin, total protein, creatinine and urea was determined to acertain the toxic effect of the extract on the liver and kidney. Significantly lower levels of AST and urea (p < 0.05) were observed in group administered with 100mg/kg leaf extract. There was no significant difference ...

Background and Aim. There are no accurate methods of differentiating acute biliary pancreatitis. Obstructions of biliary ducts, idiopathic pancreatitis may be related with biliary origin which needs identification for acute treatment. We searched for the predictivity of biochemical markers in early acute biliary pancreatitis. Patients and Methods. Serum levels of AST (Aspartate Transaminase),AL...

serum levels of glucose, bilirubin, calcium, phosphorus, protein and albumin were measured in a group of nine healthy men before, and on the first, 10th, 20th and 29th day of rarnadan, and four weeks after islamic fasting was terminated. there was a significant reduction in body weight, a significant increase in serum bilirubin and a slight decrease in calcium during ramadan. serum glucose decr...

Objective(s): Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in commercial food additives and cosmetics worldwide. Uptake of these nanoparticulate into humans by different routes and may exhibit potential side effects, lags behind the rapid development of nanotechnology. Thus, the present study designed to evaluate the toxic effect of mixed rutile and anatase TiO2 NPs on serum bioc...

Background: Neonatal jaundice is clinically presented in 60% of full-term newborns. About 8% of newborns with jaundice have urinary tract infection (UTI) without any other clinical signs in favor of UTI. In present study we evaluated clinical and paraclinical data that help to rapid and early diagnosis of UTI in apparently healthy newborns with jaundice. Methods: From February to August 2006, 5...

background: hyperbilirubinemiais a common problem in newborn infants. it can progress to kernicterus in severe forms, unless an intervention is initiated. the objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of clofibrate with phenobarbital in full-term neonates with nonhemolytic jaundice. methods: this double blind clinical trial study was performed on 60 neonate who were divided randomly i...

introduction the increase in the use of breast feeding and the decrease in mothers&apos; hospitalization in the past few years have caused  an increase in the infant bilirubin level, so it is necessary to introduce methods which can identify infants with higher risks of hyperbiliru binemia. the aim of this study is to determine the predictive value of measuring the umbilical cord bilirubin for ...

the gold standard to assess jaundice in neonates is the serum bilirubin measurement. blood sampling for the determination of total serum bilirubin (tsb) is painful for newborns and stressful for parents. the bilicheck®, a new transcutaneous bilirubinometer, is considered as a more accurate measurement of bilirubin compared to the previous bilirubinometers courtesy of its advanced technology. th...

The Du Pont aca “NBIL” test (Du Pont Instruments, Wilmington, DE 19898) also measures bilirubin spectrophotometrically. Figure 2 shows an approximate linear relationship between “apparent” biliburin concentration, as measured with the Bilirubin Stat-Analyzer and the aca NBIL test, vs Liposyn concentration in a neonatal serum sample. This sample without added Liposyn gave identical total bilirub...