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direct bilirubin
what is 'direct bilirubin'?
Definition for direct bilirubin
direct bilirubin is also known as: bilirubin direct
direct bilirubin is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: hepatic abscess, carcinoma pancreas and hepatitis D.
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diagnosis
hepatic abscess
collection of pus in liver
direct bilirubin and hepatic abscess
carcinoma pancreas
pancreas cancer
direct bilirubin and carcinoma pancreas
hepatitis D
type of viral infection of liver
direct bilirubin and hepatitis D
intraabdominal tumors
tumors in the abdomen
direct bilirubin and intraabdominal tumors
toxic shock syndrome
life threatening illness caused by bacterial toxin
direct bilirubin and toxic shock syndrome
acute viral hepatitis
acute viral inflammation of liver
direct bilirubin and acute viral hepatitis
galactosemia
inherited defect in digesting galactose
direct bilirubin and galactosemia
glycogen storage diseases
type of storage disease due to accumulation of glycogen in tissues
direct bilirubin and glycogen storage diseases
hepatitis A
type of viral infection of liver
direct bilirubin and hepatitis A
hepatitis B
type of viral infection of liver
direct bilirubin and hepatitis B
hepatitis C
type of viral infection of liver
direct bilirubin and hepatitis C
leptospirosis
multisystem spirochetal infectious disease
direct bilirubin and leptospirosis
yellow fever
viral illness with bleeding
direct bilirubin and yellow fever
hepatitis E
type of viral infection of liver
direct bilirubin and hepatitis E
hepatoblastoma
malignant liver tumor in children
direct bilirubin and hepatoblastoma
hepatocellular carcinoma
liver cancer
direct bilirubin and hepatocellular carcinoma
hereditary orotic aciduria
increased excretion of orotic acid in urine
direct bilirubin and hereditary orotic aciduria
relapsing fever
bacterial illness with recurring fever
direct bilirubin and relapsing fever
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Liver Function Tests
elevated liver enzymes
direct bilirubin and Liver Function Tests
Total bilirubin
direct bilirubin and Total bilirubin
Complete Blood Count
direct bilirubin and Complete Blood Count
Blood, Platelet Count
Platelet Count
direct bilirubin and Blood, Platelet Count
Prothrombin Time (PT)
direct bilirubin and Prothrombin Time (PT)
Chest X-ray
Radiological technique to image the chest
direct bilirubin and Chest X-ray
Activated partial thromboplastin time
direct bilirubin and Activated partial thromboplastin time
BUN
direct bilirubin and BUN
Serum Creatinine
direct bilirubin and Serum Creatinine
Hepatic ultrasonography
direct bilirubin and Hepatic ultrasonography
Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)
direct bilirubin and Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)
CT scan
direct bilirubin and CT scan
Serum Albumin
type of protein in human plasma
direct bilirubin and Serum Albumin
Biopsy
direct bilirubin and Biopsy
urinary urobilinogen
direct bilirubin and urinary urobilinogen
Alcohol Abstinence
direct bilirubin and Alcohol Abstinence
Biopsy liver
direct bilirubin and Biopsy liver
Liver Transplant
Replacing diseased liver by healthy one
direct bilirubin and Liver Transplant
Serum Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
direct bilirubin and Serum Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
Abdominal CAT Scan
direct bilirubin and Abdominal CAT Scan
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clindamycin
direct bilirubin and clindamycin
vancomycin
direct bilirubin and vancomycin
cholestyramine(questran)
direct bilirubin and cholestyramine(questran)
interferon alfa
direct bilirubin and interferon alfa
penicillin(penicillin g sodium)
direct bilirubin and penicillin(penicillin g sodium)
5-fluorouracil
direct bilirubin and 5-fluorouracil
cisplatin
direct bilirubin and cisplatin
gemcitabine
direct bilirubin and gemcitabine
entecavir
direct bilirubin and entecavir
interferon alfa-2a(roferon-a )
direct bilirubin and interferon alfa-2a(roferon-a )
interferon alfa-2b
direct bilirubin and interferon alfa-2b
interferon alfa-2b(intron a )
direct bilirubin and interferon alfa-2b(intron a )
doxycycline
direct bilirubin and doxycycline
carboplatin
direct bilirubin and carboplatin
doxorubicin
direct bilirubin and doxorubicin
chloroquine
direct bilirubin and chloroquine
dehydroemetine
direct bilirubin and dehydroemetine
diloxanide
direct bilirubin and diloxanide
emetine
direct bilirubin and emetine
iodoquinol
direct bilirubin and iodoquinol
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Bilirubin
Bilirubin is a breakdown product of . Total and direct bilirubin are usually measured to screen for or to monitor liver or gall bladder dysfunction.
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Bilirubin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Product is Azobilirubin "Direct bilirubin" "BU" unconjugated. No. Reacts ... blood, but indirect bilirubin is calculated from the total and direct bilirubin. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilirubin
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eMedicine - Kernicterus : Article by Shelley C Springer
Traditionally, the term kernicterus (literally yellow kern, with kern indicating the most ... The direct fraction measures the amount of conjugated bilirubin. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1247.htm
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Bilirubin
Total and direct bilirubin are usually measured to screen for or to monitor ... If the bile ducts are blocked, direct bilirubin will build up, escape from the ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003479.htm
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Bilirubin
Bilirubin is a brownish yellow substance found in bile. ... Direct (or conjugated) bilirubin. Direct bilirubin dissolves in water (it is soluble) and is made ...
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/bilirubin-15434
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Liver Blood Tests - Routine Liver Panel Checks For Toxicity
Doctors routinely order liver blood tests to detect potential problems with ... Direct bilirubin is a measurement of a form of bilirubin made in the liver. ...
http://arthritis.about.com/od/diagnostic/a/liverbloodtests.htm
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National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC): Gallstones
Offers an overview of gallstones.
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gallstones
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Bilirubin - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bilirubin is a product that comes from the breakdown of hemoglobin. ... Total and direct bilirubin are usually measured to look for or to monitor liver ...
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilirubin
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Jaundice
... yellow skin coloration until the serum bilirubin is at least 7 to 8 mg ... forms of conjugated bilirubin are identified as the "direct" fraction in the Van ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=cm.chapter.2866
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Association of lipid peroxidation with hepatocellular injury in preterm ...
Median serum direct bilirubin concentrations in the cholestasis and control ... Direct bilirubin, ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase, and urinary TBARS values were ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=153431
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Infants with direct bilirubin >2 mg/dl
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Bilirubin
Total and direct bilirubin are usually measured to screen for or to monitor ... If the bile ducts are blocked, direct bilirubin will build up, escape from the ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Bilirubin.htm
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Liver function tests - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Direct bilirubin. The diagnosis is narrowed down further by looking at the ... If direct (i.e. conjugated) bilirubin is normal, then the problem is an excess ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_enzymes
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Bilirubin - urine
Conjugated bilirubin-urine; Direct bilirubin-urine. Definition Return to top. This test measures the amount of bilirubin in the urine. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003595.htm
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eMedicine - Hemolytic Disease of Newborn : Article by Sameer Wagle
A French midwife was the first to report hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) ... based on total serum bilirubin levels and the direct fraction should not be ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic959.htm
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An automated method for serum bilirubin determination
... of both direct and indirect serum bilirubin on the ... equivalent manual method and direct bilirubin results which are usually about 10% lower. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=473732
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History of Past Gastrointestinal Diseases
... bilirubin is in the range of 2 to 3 mg/dl. It results from abnormalities in bilirubin ... can be unconjugated (indirect), conjugated (direct), or combined. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=cm.chapter.3020
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Understanding Newborn Jaundice -- Symptoms
Excess bilirubin causes the yellowish or jaundiced color of the skin. ... Direct jaundice. Doctors use the term "direct jaundice" when liver damage or a liver problem ...
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/understanding-newborn-jaundice-symptoms
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Bilirubin - urine
If the bile ducts are obstructed, direct bilirubin will build up to a high ... Only direct bilirubin appears in the urine. Increased direct bilirubin usually ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/003595res.htm?p=1
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Breast milk jaundice
... persistently high levels of bilirubin in a newborn's blood ... Bilirubin level (total and direct) Complete blood count. Blood smear to look at blood cells ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000995.htm
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Gilbert's syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... the most common hereditary cause of increased bilirubin, and is found in up to 5 ... unconjugated/conjugated (indirect/direct) bilirubin that is commensurately ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert's_syndrome
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Correlation of serum arylesterase activity on phenylacetate estimated ...
... globulins, but was weakly correlated to both direct and total bilirubin in serum. ... There were six outliers of direct bilirubin level in the pool of ...
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Hepatitis C HIV-1 Study, NIAID Clinical Center Research Program ...
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Twice-Weekly Peginterferon Alpha 2a Induction ... <100, direct bilirubin <2 times ...
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/healthscience/clinicalstudies/HIVa...
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Fibreoptic phototherapy for neonatal jaundice
... report relative change in bilirubin as a direct outcome and ensure that SBR ... 02.06 Change in serum bilirubin concentration over first 24 hours of ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Mills/Review.htm
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eMedicine - Jaundice, Neonatal : Article by Thor WR Hansen
... with jaundice is the result of accumulation of unconjugated bilirubin. ... T. Direct comparison of Sn-mesoporphyrin, an inhibitor of bilirubin production, ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1061.htm
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Hemolytic disease of the newborn
... rate of hemolysis, the level of bilirubin may still remain low during the ... This is called the direct Coombs test because the anti-Ig binds "directly" to ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=rbcantigen.chapter.ch4
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Bilirubin - urine
Conjugated bilirubin-urine; Direct bilirubin-urine. What the risks are: There are no risks. ... Bilirubin can decompose in the presence of light. ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/003595ris.htm
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Hemolytic anemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bilirubin, a breakdown product of hemoglobin, can accumulate in the blood ... The direct Coombs test is positive, if hemolysis is caused by an immune process. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemolytic_anaemia
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Topics beginning with D-Di
Direct antiglobulin test see Coombs' test. Direct bilirubin see Bilirubin. Direct bilirubin-urine see ... Direct immunofluorescence see B and T cell screen ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/encyclopedia_D-Di.htm
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Metalloporphyrins for treatment of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in ...
... the rate limiting enzyme in the catabolism of heme to bilirubin. ... T. Direct comparison of Sn-mesoporphyrin, an inhibitor of bilirubin production ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Suresh2/SURESH.HTM
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Hemolytic anemia due to warm autoantibodies.
... and polychromasia on the blood film and a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT). Increased indirect serum bilirubin, urinary urobilinogen and serum lactate ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17904259
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adam.about.com/encyclopedia/testidxd.htm
Direct antiglobulin test. Direct bilirubin. Direct bilirubin-urine. Direct fluorescent antibody - sputum. Direct immunofluorescence. Direct immunofluorescence test ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/testidxd.htm
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Neonatal jaundice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In physiological jaundice, serum bilirubin normally drops to a low level without ... or cord blood gives a positive direct Coombs test and the maternal blood gives ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatal_jaundice
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Biliary atresia
Overview of diagnosis and treatment of biliary atresia. ... Biliary atresia is a blockage in the ... Blood tests to check total and direct bilirubin levels ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001145.htm
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE "ONE-MINUTE" (PROMPT DIRECT REACTING) BILIRUBIN ...
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE "ONE-MINUTE" (PROMPT DIRECT REACTING) BILIRUBIN IN SERUM 1 ... THE EXCRETION OF INTRAVENOUSLY INJECTED BILIRUBIN AS A TEST OF LIVER ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=436104
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eMedicine - Glucuronyl Transferase Deficiency : Article by Dena Nazer
... nonhemolytic jaundice associated with high levels of unconjugated bilirubin. ... The unconjugated bilirubin level is elevated, with direct bilirubin less than 15 ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic860.htm
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Liver Function Panel-Topic Overview
A liver (hepatic) function panel is a blood test to check how ... Bilirubin (total and direct). Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP). Aspartate Amino Transferase (AST) ...
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tc/liver-function-panel-topic-overview
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CDC - Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax: The First 10 Cases ...
... and cell-wall antigens by direct fluorescent antibody, and B. anthracis-specific ... were normal, except for borderline hyponatremia and elevated total bilirubin. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol7no6/jernigan.htm
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Breast milk jaundice
... persistently high levels of bilirubin in a newborn's blood ... Bilirubin level (total and direct) Complete blood count. Blood smear to look at blood cells ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infectiousdiseases/Breast-milk-jaundice.htm
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Rh incompatibility
Hemoglobin changes into bilirubin, which causes an infant to become yellow (jaundiced) ... A positive direct Coombs test result ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001600.htm
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Hepatic copper in patients receiving long-term total parenteral nutrition.
Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, ... 0.59), total bilirubin (P < 0.001, r = 0.65), and direct bilirubin (P < 0.001, ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15758626
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The challenge of preventing neonatal bilirubin encephalopathy: a new ...
In addition, the nurse obtains a direct Coombs' test if the mother's blood type ... All bilirubin levels (TcB and TSB) obtained throughout the infant's hospital ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1200728
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: CHEM-20
Direct bilirubin: 0.0 to 0.3 mg/dL. Gamma-GT (gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase): 0 to 51 IU/L ... Total bilirubin: 0.2 to 1.9 mg/dL. Total cholesterol: 100 to 240 mg/dL ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003468.htm
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CHRONIC UNCONJUGATED HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA WITHOUT OVERT SIGNS OF ...
The excretion of bilirubin as a diglucuronide giving the direct van den Bergh reaction. ... SCHMID R. Direct-reacting bilirubin, bilirubin glucuronide, in ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=291158
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Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum Coinfection | CDC EID
University of Rostock Medical School, Rostock, Germany; and ... Suggested citation for ... 314 U/L (normal <237), direct bilirubin 4.7 ?mol/L (normal <3.4) ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol12no02/05-0765.htm
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Trophic feedings for parenterally fed infants
... death or discharge home, serum direct bilirubin exceeding 2.0 mg/dL, and ... proportion of infants with a serum direct bilirubin value >2 in the trial by ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Tyson/TYSON.htm
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Urinalysis
... in urine in amounts roughly correlated with the direct reacting serum bilirubin. ... When conjugated bilirubin reaches the bowel, bacterial action produces ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=cm.chapter.5417
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NIDDK Clearinghouses Reference Collection
This chapter on bile, bilirubin, and cholestasis is from the Action Plan for ... of scientific opportunity to help direct research resources at the National ...
http://catalog.niddk.nih.gov/resources/results.cfm?result=34...
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Diseases and Conditions Encyclopedia : Discovery Health
When hemoglobin breaks down, it produces bilirubin which is, in tur ... bilirubin has been processed in the liver, it can be measured as direct (also ...
http://health.discovery.com/encyclopedias/illnesses.html?article=1070
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Bilirubin - Yahoo! Health
Bilirubin circulates in the bloodstream in two forms: ... Direct (or conjugated) bilirubin. Direct bilirubin dissolves in water (it is soluble) and is made by ...
http://health.yahoo.com/other-other/bilirubin/healthwise--hw3474.html
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