ALLMedicine™ Bilirubin Center

May 15th, 2021 - The purpose of this study is to investigate the influencing factors that may impact the clinical success, jaundice-free time, and overall survival in patients of malignant hilar biliary obstruction (MHBO) treated with a self-expanding metallic ste...

May 14th, 2021 - Reports on childhood neurodevelopmental and neurosensory outcomes following acute bilirubin encephalopathy from low- and middle-income countries are scarce. This study aimed to analyze the neurodevelopmental and neurosensory outcomes of survivors ...

May 14th, 2021 - Serum bile acid (BA) levels testing is used for the diagnosis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP). We aimed to determine the performance of routine liver tests in the evaluation of ICP. A retrospective cohort study conducted at a univer...

May 8th, 2021 - Drug-induced liver injury is an uncommon yet fatal cause of liver injury. Black cohosh is a herbal supplement that is derived from Actaea racemosa It has been used for vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women, but it can cause liver injury. A 50...

May 7th, 2021 - Low branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) to tyrosine ratio (BTR) is known as an indicator of amino acid imbalance. We elucidated usefulness of newly developed albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score as alternative methods of BTR in patients with naïve hepatoce...

Jan 1st, 2018 - The liver is the most metabolically complex organ. Hepatocytes (liver parenchymal cells) perform the liver’s metabolic functions: Formation and excretion of bile during bilirubin metabolism (see Overview of Bilirubin Metabolism) Regulation of car...

Jun 30th, 2017 - Clinicians are required to assess abnormal liver chemistries on a daily basis. The most common liver chemistries ordered are serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin. These tests sh...

Dec 20th, 2016 - Clinicians are required to assess abnormal liver chemistries on a daily basis. The most common liver chemistries ordered are serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin. These tests sh...

Sep 29th, 2015 - The antiretroviral protease inhibitor atazanavir inhibits hepatic uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1, thereby preventing the glucuronidation and elimination of bilirubin. Resultant indirect hyperbilirubinemia with jaundice can c...

Dec 13th, 2011 - Prevention of acute bilirubin encephalopathy and kernicterus in newborns: position statement #3049.|2011| ,|blood,complications,diagnosis,prevention & control,etiology,prevention & control,methods,

May 15th, 2021 - The purpose of this study is to investigate the influencing factors that may impact the clinical success, jaundice-free time, and overall survival in patients of malignant hilar biliary obstruction (MHBO) treated with a self-expanding metallic ste...

May 14th, 2021 - Reports on childhood neurodevelopmental and neurosensory outcomes following acute bilirubin encephalopathy from low- and middle-income countries are scarce. This study aimed to analyze the neurodevelopmental and neurosensory outcomes of survivors ...

May 14th, 2021 - Serum bile acid (BA) levels testing is used for the diagnosis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP). We aimed to determine the performance of routine liver tests in the evaluation of ICP. A retrospective cohort study conducted at a univer...

May 8th, 2021 - Drug-induced liver injury is an uncommon yet fatal cause of liver injury. Black cohosh is a herbal supplement that is derived from Actaea racemosa It has been used for vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women, but it can cause liver injury. A 50...

May 7th, 2021 - Low branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) to tyrosine ratio (BTR) is known as an indicator of amino acid imbalance. We elucidated usefulness of newly developed albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score as alternative methods of BTR in patients with naïve hepatoce...

Apr 28th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have developed a more precise and simpler method to determine when a newborn requires outpatient follow-up for jaundice. Their method had "excellent ability to predict postdischarge total serum bilirubin (TS...

Mar 16th, 2021 - A newer regimen was no more effective than an older regimen when both were compared for graft versus host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in patients who underwent reduced-intensity conditioning followed by a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) f...

Dec 30th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) score more accurately predicted outcomes in patients undergoing pulmonary, elective colorectal and adrenal operations than the Model for End Stage Liver Disease-sodium (MELD-Na) in a medical...

Sep 2nd, 2020 - Genetically raised serum bilirubin may protect against lung cancer in people exposed to high levels of smoke oxidants, suggests data from UK Biobank. The study, carried out by researchers from University College London, Cambridge University and th...

Aug 18th, 2020 - As I listened to our fellow present the case of a 5-month-old infant referred for evaluation of persistent jaundice, painful memories of several similar cases flashed by, causing me to ask, "Is this another late diagnosis of biliary atresia?" This...