Objective: To evaluate the distribution of peak serum bilirubin levels in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants and the performance of exchange transfusion in infants with excessively high bilirubin ...

Stockphoto of a newborn girl undergoing phototherapy treatment for hyperbilirubinemia, a very common newborn condition. Researchers compared 4 phototherapy methods and evaluated phototherapy duration ...

Q. Can you explain bilirubin and what the normal score should be on blood tests? I don't have my most recent blood work results handy, but I am always told that my bilirubin count is out of range and ...

Approximately 1% of neonates born to O+, antibody-negative mothers qualified for phototherapy within 24 hours of birth, with most identified through routine bilirubin screening. The visual detection ...

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD You may develop jaundice if you have high bilirubin levels, a sign of liver ...

Correlation between the blue and green sensor channel outputs measured by the PoC device; (A) All the samples collected in this study; (B) Single patient highlighted by the yellow circle in (A). This ...

Patients with the Crigler–Najjar syndrome lack the enzyme uridine diphosphoglucuronate glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1), the absence of which leads to severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia that ...

A fast, cheap paper test that can detect jaundice in newborns is on the verge of bedside validation and commercialisation, and distribution to health practitioners across the world. Researchers in ...