OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of a point-of-care transcutaneous bilirubinometer, JM-103 Minolta, for estimation of the serum bilirubin level in the management of neonatal jaundice in term or near-term Chinese neonates. DESIGN Prospective correlation study. SETTING Accident and Emergency Department of a regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS All term or near-term Chinese neonates aged 3 ...

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...

The absorbance at 450 mJ.Lof serum diluted with acidified ethylene glycol is used as a measure of the serum’s total bilirubin content in a single-tube, single-extraction method for rapid determination of free and total bilirubin in 0.1 ml. of serum. With the addition of chloroform, free bilirubin is extracted into the chloroform but conjugated bilirubin remains in the ethylene glycol. Free bili...

A high (2.0 mol/L) NaCl concentration apparently suppresses the secondary-site binding of bilirubin by human serum albumin. Thus if an excess of bilirubin is added to human serum albumin or to neonatal serum in buffer containing 0.1 mol of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane and 2.0 mol of NaCl per liter (pH 7.5), and the bilirubin not bound to albumin is removed by treatment with calcium carbonate...

clofibrate is a glucuronosyl transferase inducer that has been proposed to increase the elimination of bilirubin in neonates with hyperbilirubinemia. this study was conducted to determine the therapeutic effect of clofibrate in term neonates with non-hemolytic jaundice. this study was conducted on 52 newborns with pathologic unconjugated jaundice in qazvin children hospital. newborns divided ra...

background most therapeutic interventions in acute phase of viral hepatitis b patients are conservative. prostaglandins have absorbed many scientists' attention for improving these patients condition, therefore, the present study was designed to evaluate misoprostol (pge1 analogue) effect on acute phase of viral hepatitis b. materials and methods a randomized matched controlled clinical trial w...

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,...

BACKGROUND Several studies have demonstrated that higher serum bilirubin inhibits the inflammation and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells; also there is a relationship between serum bilirubin and cardiovascular disease. However, the relationship between bilirubin and atrial fibrillation (AF) is still unknown. In our study, we compared serum bilirubin, between nonvalvular AF patients ...

BACKGROUND Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at a high risk of developing microvascular complications, such as diabetic retinopathy (DR). Previous studies have shown that low serum bilirubin concentrations in T2D patients may increase the risk of diabetic complications. Thus, the aim of the present was to investigate the association between the prevalence of DR and serum concentrations of...