Our aim was to study the usefulness of jaundice visual assessment combined with skin bilirubin determination in 517 healthy newborns. Yellowness assessment was made and babies were included in three different bilirubin classes. Skin bilirubin and total serum bilirubin were determined within 10 minutes from the visual assessment. This latter led to underestimation of serum bilirubin in 16.7-40.4...

In their study of the routine use of transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) measurements in 27 well infant nurseries, Taylor et al found that 2.2% of TcB measurements underestimated the clinical laboratory measurement of total serum bilirubin (TSB) by $3.0 mg/dL, and the tendency for TcB to underestimate TSB increased with advancing newborn age (presumably up to the length of stay of a normal newborn)....

BACKGROUND Some authors consider the fluctuating jaundice as a classic sign of the adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater. OBJECTIVE Assessing the frequency of fluctuating jaundice in their forms of its depiction in the patients with adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater. METHODS Observational and retrospective study, conducted through analyses of medical records from patients subjected to...

Risk Factors for Hyperbilirubinemia Infants without identified risk factors rarely have total serum bilirubin levels above 12 mg per dL (205 μmol per L). As the number of risk factors increases, the potential to develop markedly elevated bilirubin levels also increases. Common risk factors for hyperbilirubinemia include fetal-maternal blood group incompatibility, prematurity, and a previously a...

A new screening technique for neonatal jaundice is proposed exploiting the yellow discoloration in the sclera. It involves taking digital photographs of newborn infants' eyes (n = 110) and processing the pixel colour values of the sclera to predict the total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels. This technique has linear and rank correlation coefficients of 0.75 and 0.72 (both p<0.01) with the measured...

TATA box abnormality in the promoter region of the bilirubin UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1 gene has been reported to cause Gilbert's syndrome in white subjects. It has also been reported that the majority of Japanese patients with Gilbert's syndrome are heterozygous for Gly71Arg in the coding region of this gene. On the other hand, some patients with chronic hepatitis often show signs of unexpe...

Background: Despite observed post Sulfur Mustard (SM) exposure hemolysis, serum bilirubin concentration doesn’t significantly increase in SM-exposed casualties. The concentration of serum bilirubin can be related to serum levels of inflammatory cytokines. Objectives: In this study, the relationship between the serum levels of Interleukin (IL)-1α, IL-1β, IL-1Ra, Tumor Necrotizing Factor (TNF)-α ...

BACKGROUND Evidence regarding bilirubin's antioxidant properties and predictive roles is growing. However, it is unclear whether serum bilirubin would have a prognostic impact on survival of patients with regular peritoneal dialysis. METHODS AND RESULTS We used the Taiwan Renal Registry Data System utilizing its 2005-2012 data set. Data from patients on regular peritoneal dialysis were retrie...

abstract background: regarding the diagnostic errors of the classic criteria including serum ascites albumin gradient (saag), total protein concentration and the adapted light et al’s criteria in distinguishing transudate versus exudates, we evaluated the ascitic fluid to serum bilirubin ratio as a new criteria in this regard. we also evaluated whether the combination of bilirubin ratio with ea...