November 21, 2011 — Universal screening of direct/conjugated bilirubin levels at birth and following up all newborns with elevated direct/conjugated bilirubin levels is needed to detect infants with ...

CONGENITAL defects in bilirubin metabolism are a relatively infrequent cause of jaundice. If neonatal jaundice is excluded, they can be divided into two groups of cases, depending on whether the ...

Case reports of C.I. and C.S. are as follows: C.I., a 27-year-old man, was born in Greece and emigrated to this country as a child. At the age of 4 years, jaundice was detected clinically for the 1st ...

Extract: The development of hepatic uptake, conjugation, and excretion of bilirubin was investigated in newborn and in adult guinea pigs. Excretion of conjugated bilirubin from liver is rate-limiting ...

Leima Geeteshwori Moirangthem One of the most frequent clinical disorderseen in babies in their early year is neonatal ...

The metabolic process of bilirubin has been a focus in medical research since the abnormal accumulation of bilirubin has been found to be associated with a variety of diseases. Bilirubin is a ...

Screening for severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is integral to newborn care. Predischarge risk assessment relies on documentation of visual jaundice: age at onset and progression; identification of ...

Tin protoporphyrin (SnP), an inhibitor of heme oxygenase, has been propossd for the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. The neonate is physiologically chcOestatic, thus normal excretion of SnP ...

Bilirubin, the primary breakdown product of hemoproteins, particularly hemoglobin, plays a key role in the diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of liver diseases. In acute liver diseases, such as ...