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A bilirubin test can help diagnose or monitor problems in your blood or liver. Learn why you might need the test and what your doctor can learn from the results.
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 ...
The total bilirubin level was 6.7 mg per deciliter (115 μmol per liter; reference range, 0.2 to 1.1 mg per deciliter [3 to 19 μmol per liter]), and the direct bilirubin level was 2.6 mg per ...
To assess the utility of measuring direct bilirubin (DB) during the first 72 h of life in infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Infants born between May 2006 and June 2013 ...
Despite potential problems, the only real contradiction to phototherapy is elevated direct (conjugated) serum bilirubin; phototherapy in these infants may cause the skin to turn grayish-brown, a ...
Prolonged use of parenteral nutrition (PN) in neonates can lead to parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease (PNALD), manifested by elevated direct bilirubin concentrations, and in some cases ...
Did you know that certain medications can cause symptom of 'Increase in Direct Bilirubin'. Find these drugs listed on the page and be warned of similar symptoms as possible side-effects.
Despite the very high levels of bilirubin in the patient ... need not conflict with previous investigations of ammonium sulfate fractionation of jaundiced serum containing direct-reacting bilirubin.
CytoSorbents received European Union regulatory approval to expand the use of CytoSorb to reduce elevated bilirubin and myoglobin from blood, according to a press release.“This label expansion ...