Evaluating neonates at risk for hyperbilirubinemia includes awareness of high-risk infants based on maternal history, delivery, gestational age, and postnatal course as well as risk factors. Baseline ...

Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia occurs when bilirubin, a by-product of red blood cells, builds up in the blood. This can indicate several underlying causes, such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, or biliary ...

Background: Neonatal mortality and morbidity are gender-biased in low-birth-weight (LBW) infants. The male disadvantage theory has been suggested to be responsible for these maturational differences.

In our weekly feature, 'Doc Talk,' we're discussing a medical condition that almost all newborns have, to some extent, it's jaundice. Doctor Clint Pollack from Valley Children's Hospital talks about ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, a practitioner in the division of primary care pediatrics at Nationwide ...

The market for bilirubin meters is primarily driven by the increasing prevalence of neonatal jaundice and the rising awareness about early diagnosis and treatment of hyperbilirubinemia. Neonatal ...

Crigler-Najjar syndrome is a recessively inherited disorder characterized by severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia caused by a deficiency of uridine diphospho-glucuronosyl transferase 1A1. Current ...

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. He ...

Hyperbilirubinemia is one of the most common problems during the neonatal period. Bilirubin encephalopathy is a neurologic syndrome resulting from the deposition of bilirubin in brain cells. A ...