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.

For adults, when testing bilirubin levels, normal is less than 1 milligram per deciliter (mg/dL). Anything over 1.2 mg/dL is considered high and generally requires medical evaluation.

What does it mean to have high bilirubin? We’ll go over the meaning, symptoms, and causes of high bilirubin levels, as well as how to treat it.

An asymptomatic man has had an elevated bilirubin level (1.5-2.4 mg/dL) for the past two years. He takes atorvastatin (Lipitor), but his bilirubin level was elevated before he started the statin.

High bilirubin levels in adults can result from liver disease, pancreatitis, some cancers, and other health problems. Elevated bilirubin can lead to jaundice, which causes yellowing of the skin ...

Patients were grouped into three categories of baseline bilirubin measurements (0 to 0.4, 0.5 to 0.9, and 1.0 to 1.5 mg/dL). We performed analyses of overall survival, time to progression, and ...

CORTISONE and ACTH have been shown to cause a reduction in serum bilirubin in acute hepatitis. 1–4,5,6 Although this action has been more variable in patients with chronic liver disease, 7–9 ...

Subjects with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy with alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and bilirubin levels <1.5 times the upper limit of normal were included.

Do your test results show you have low bilirubin levels? We’ll go over what this could mean and explain why it likely isn’t a big deal. Learn about the potential links between low bilirubin ...

Normal bilirubin levels in adults are around 0.2 to 1.2mg/dL. If the increase in bilirubin is more than 2mg/dL, it may indicate a certain disease. Increased bilirubin levels can occur due to ...

In newborns, normal bilirubin levels typically range between 1 and 12 mg/dL. However, the threshold for what is normal varies by the hour and day of life, gestational age, ...