Bilirubin, the primary breakdown product of hemoproteins, particularly hemoglobin, plays a key role in the diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of liver diseases. In acute liver diseases, such as ...

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 ...

Jaundice is a condition where the skin and the whites of the eyes turn yellow due to a buildup of a substance called bilirubin. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that forms when the body breaks down old ...

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 ...

Jaundice is one of the most common medical issues in newborns, affecting nearly 80% of full-term infants in their first days of life. The condition occurs when excess bilirubin, a yellow pigment ...

Cholecystitis, or gallbladder inflammation, can sometimes cause jaundice if something blocks the flow of bile from the gallbladder. Cholecystitis refers to inflammation of the gallbladder. There are ...

Effective treatments for patients with primary biliary cholangitis are limited. Seladelpar, a peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor delta agonist, has potential benefits. In this phase 3, ...

Dr. Danielle C. Crabtree (Medicine): A 37-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of fever, myalgia, jaundice, and hypoxemia. The patient had been healthy until 9 days before this admission ...