Current guidelines suggest that practitioners should not delay an infant's discharge to obtain a postphototherapy bilirubin level at less than 12 hours after cessation of phototherapy. Systematic ...

The study was observational and took place in the NICUs of Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, and Akershus University Hospital, Nordbyhagen, Norway. Twenty infants who were due to receive ...

Bilirubin levels are upregulated in patients with early Parkinson’s disease (PD) and are associated with disease progression at 2 years, a study shows. The findings lend weight to the idea that serum ...

Elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood get attention in the clinic because they often indicate that something has gone wrong with the liver. Now researchers have found that male smokers with low ...

Skoltech researchers have refined a technique used in bilirubin blood tests for diagnosing newborn jaundice and fine-tuning phototherapy prescribed for it. Jaundice affects up to 80% of preterm ...

Low serum bilirubin levels are associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases including peripheral artery disease. Bilirubin is known to exert its property such as antioxidant effect or the ...

High bilirubin levels can cause jaundice, a sign of liver damage. Gallstones can lead to a build-up of bilirubin in your blood. A doctor can use phototherapy to treat high bilirubin levels in infants.

Bilirubin is more than just a yellow pigment—it’s a key marker of your liver’s health. From its creation during red blood cell breakdown to its processing in the liver, understanding bilirubin can ...

In an analysis that was carried out in 500,000 adults it was found that levels of bilirubin in blood were associated with a lower risk of respiratory disease. In an analysis that was carried out in ...

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