OBJECTIVE Breast milk jaundice is a common problem in nursing infants. It has been ascribed to various breast milk substances, but the component or combination of components that is responsible remains unknown. During our study of defects of the bilirubin uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase gene (UGT1A1) in patients with hereditary unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Crigler-Najjar syndrom...

Hyperbilirubinemia is an important health problem in newborns. The most common causes are Rh and ABO incompatibility, hemolytic anemias, enzyme deficiencies, sepsis, hypothyroidism, pyloric stenosis and breast-milk jaundice. Adrenal hemorrhage is a rare cause of hyperbilirubinemia in the neonate. We present a six-day-old newborn with hyperbilirubinemia and suprarenal hematoma who was born at ho...

Hyperbilirubinemia is a pathological condition, very often indicative of underlying liver condition that is characterized by excessive accumulation of conjugated or unconjugated bilirubin in sinusoidal blood. In literature there are several indications associating the inhibition of the basolateral hepatic transporters Organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B1 and 1B3 (OATP1B1 and 1B3) with hyp...

BACKGROUND Severe dehydration is generally believed to be a cause of significant hyperbilirubinemia in newborn babies. This study aimed to analyze the weight loss of healthy term newborn infants at 24, 48 and 72 hours after birth to predict significant hyperbilirubinemia at 72 hours. METHODS From January 2007 to December 2008, we conducted this retrospective chart review by measuring total bi...

OBJECTIVE Neonatal jaundice is the most common condition that requires hospital admission and outpatient follow-up after discharge in neonates. The values of more than 17 mg/dL in term infants are accepted as neonatal significant hyperbilirubinemia. We aimed to define if there is any relationship between second trimester serum markers and neonatal severe hyperbilirubinemia to protect the neonat...

Aim: Indirect neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is a common disorder worldwide which can remain benign if prompt management available. However there higher morbidity and mortality risk in settings with limited access to diagnosis care. The aim of this study was evaluate the etiologies indirect hyperbilirubinemia, determine effectiveness phototherapy treatment specify associated factors for prolonged ...

Background: Hyperbilirubinemia has been implicated to have nephrotoxic and hepatotoxic effects. Thus, removal of excessive bilirubin in patients with severe jaundice and renal failure could potentially benefit the recovery of hepatic and renal function. In experimental animal and anecdotal reports in humans, albumin containing peritoneal dialysis (PD) maybe successful in removing bilirubin. Met...