Spontaneous Hemocholecyst in an End-Stage Renal Failure Patient on Low Molecular Weight Heparin Hemodialysis by Konstantinos Blouhos, Konstantinos A. Boulas, Dimitrios G. Tselios, Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis

“…During hospitalization the patient became febrile, and jaundiced, developed leukocytosis, and had an elevation in serum bilirubin, transaminases, and alkaline phosphatase. …”
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A Rare Association of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia with Gastric Adenocarcinoma by Kavita Agrawal, Flores Alfonso

“…Initial blood tests showed hemoglobin of 6.1 g/dl, reticulocytes count of 19.7%, total bilirubin of 3.2 mg/dl, lactate dehydrogenase of 600 U/L, and haptoglobin of less than 8 mg/dl, and direct Coombs test was positive for warm immunoglobulin G. …”
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Acute Sickle Hepatic Crisis after Liver Transplantation in a Patient with Hb SC Disease by J. H. Gillis, S. K. Satapathy, L. Parsa, P. B. Sylvestre, N. Dbouk

“…Patients commonly present with jaundice, right upper quadrant pain, nausea, low-grade fever, tender hepatomegaly, and mild to moderate elevations in serum AST, ALT, and bilirubin. We describe the case of a patient with a history of hemoglobin SC disease and cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C presenting approximately 1 year after liver transplantation with an ASHC. …”
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Gas-Forming Pyogenic Liver Abscess with Septic Shock by Muhammad S. Khan, Muhammad K. Ishaq, Kellie R. Jones

“…This can present as anemia on admission with evidence of hemolysis as indicated by low serum haptoglobin, high serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), elevated indirect bilirubin, and spherocytosis. The clinical course of C. perfringens septicemia is marked by rapidly deteriorating course with a mortality rate ranging from 70 to 100%. …”
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Results of non-interventional observational study of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cirrhosis by Yelena N. Shirokova, Anna F. Sheptulina

“…Treatment with «Livodexa®» in a dose of 15 mg/kg/day resulted in a statistically significant decrease of biochemical marker levels: alanine transaminase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase, total and conjugated bilirubin at the 30th day of treatment (visit 2; p…”
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Update on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Jenny Heathcote

“…However, liver transplantation remains the only cure for this disease, and the best postoperative survival is seen in patients whose serum bilirubin does not exceed 180 µmol/L at the time of liver transplantation. …”
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Early Kasai portoenterostomy in a 9-day-old newborn with extrahepatic biliary atresia: a case report highlighting improved prognosis with prompt intervention by Mortada H.F. El-Shabrawi, Gamal Eltagy, Mohamed Qinawy, Mohammed Am Oshi, Amjad Algethami, Nawaf A Alhujayri, Shaker S Alharthi, Abdullah M Alelyani, Naglaa M Kamal

“…Postoperative recovery was marked by bilirubin normalization within 2 months and steady improvement in liver function tests, demonstrating the advantages of early surgery. …”
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Laboratory Markers in the Prediction of Acute Perforated Appendicitis in Children by Jing Yang, Chong Liu, Yuxia He, Zhangqiao Cai

“…Clinical (demographic characteristics, symptoms, and signs) and laboratory data (white blood cell count, C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin, D-lactate, platelet count, bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase) were collected and compared between perforated and nonperforated groups. …”
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Delayed Diagnosis of Crigler-Najjar Disease: A Case Report of a 17-Year-Old Man with Progressive Jaundice by Pedram Beigvand, Niloofar Moradi, Sepehr Ramezani, Faezeh Firuzpour

“… Crigler-Najjar syndrome type II is a metabolic disorder stemming from mutations in the UGT1A1 gene, resulting in heightened levels of unconjugated bilirubin. Here is a case report of a 17-year-old male patient with minor thalassemia and G6PD deficiency who was referred due to worsening jaundice. …”
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Intrahepatic Cholestasis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Pathogenesis and Role of Ademetionine in Treatment by Ye. N. Shirokova

“…In IHC patients treatment with ademetionine led to decreased serum bilirubin concentrations, as well as lowering of the liver transaminases' and alkaline phosphatase activities. …”
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Clinical and Biochemical Manifestations of Severe Sickle Cell Anemia in Adult Patients in Steady State in Ile-Ife, Nigeria by Oguntoye Oluwatosin Oluwagbenga, Ndububa Dennis A., Yusuf Musah., Bolarinwa Rahman A., Ayoola Oluwagbemiga O.

“…Hepatomegaly(64%), frequent episodes of vaso-occlusive crisis, that is, ≥ 3 episodes per year(30%) and Dactylitis in infanthood(26%) were the most common clinical parameters identified in these patients while a high serum total bilirubin of > 51µmol/L(26%) was the most common laboratory parameter seen in these patients. …”
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Orally administered organophosphorus dimethoate mediated biochemical alterations in male and female experimental Rattus norvegicus (albino rats) by Nida Saleem, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad

“…There were decreases in the levels of urea, uric acid and total bilirubin in the exposed groups of both genders of albino rats. …”
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Obstructive-Type Jaundice without Bile Duct Dilatation in Generalized Peritonitis Is a Specific Sign of Spontaneous Gall Bladder Perforation by Vicky Sumarki Budipramana, Maria Meilita

“…The blood examination showed that total, direct, and indirect bilirubin were 6.20, 5.38, and 0.82 mg/dl. The gall bladder perforation was not detected on USG, CT scan, and MRCP. …”
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The study on the relationship of abomasal displacement and fatty liver syndrom in dairy cows by Veysi Aslan, Mahmut Ok, Murat Boydak, İsmail Şen, Fatih M Birdane, Fahrettin Alkan

“…But, there was no significant in alkaline phospahatase (ALP), cholesterol, triglyceride, total bilirubin, TP and P concentrations between healthy cows and cows with abomasal displacement In 10 of all the cases, various degree fat infiltration ot liver was observed But. two cases has not shown any fat inflation of liver.…”
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Comparative Study between Plastic and Metallic Stents for Biliary Decompression in Patients with Distal Biliary Obstruction by João Guilherme G. Cabral, Eloy Taglieri, Adriane Pelosof, Daniel Rosendo, José Celso Ardengh

“…There was no statistical difference between the use of MPS, despite the small number of patients compared to the use of SEMS (p<0.13) to reach the satisfactory levels of bilirubin.…”
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Congenital Hypothyroidism: An Unusual Combination of Biochemical Abnormalities by Ruchi Mantri, S. B. Bavdekar, Sushma U. Save

“…Following institution of oral thyroxin therapy, the serum bilirubin levels ameliorated (2.9 mg/dl) considerably by 15 days of therapy and the serum levels of AST (40 IU/dl) and ALT (20 IU/dl) got normalized. …”
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Thrombocytopenia in Plasmodium vivax Malaria: How Significant? by Arti Muley, Jitendra Lakhani, Saurabh Bhirud, Abhinam Patel

“…Amongst those with thrombocytopenia, 16 (38.09%) had anemia, 14 (33.33%) had serum creatinine >1.2 gm/dL, 15 (35.71%) had jaundice (s. bilirubin > 1.2), 2 (4.76%) had altered sensorium, 6 (14.28%) had ARDS, 2 needed ventilator support, and 1 expired. …”
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FEATURES OF DECOMPRESSION OF THE BILIARY TRACT IN PATIENTS WITH OBTURATION OF THE DISTAL PART OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT OF TUMOR ORIGIN by M.P. Shevchuk, M.O. Dudchenko, M.I. Kravtsiv, D.M. Ivashchenko, R.A. Prykhidko, S.M. Zaiets

“…Thus, in the presence of severe jaundice with bilirubin level > 200 μmol/l, radical and palliative operations should be performed only in two stages, after preliminary decompression of the bile ducts. …”
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Eosinophil count in blood with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia treated with phototherapy by Yusra Zaher Salman, Jasim Mohammed Hashim, Alaa Jumaah Manji Nasrawi

“…It involved 102 neonates with severe hyperbilirubinemia with gestational age ≥ 37 weeks (test group A) and 150 control normal newborns (group B). Total serum bilirubin (TSB) level, hemoglobin concentration, and eosinophil count before and after phototherapy were analyzed from medical records. …”
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Comparison of Hepatoprotective Activity of Dhatri Lauha (DL) and Dhatri Lauha without Lauha Bhasma (DLWLB) on Carbon Tetrachloride Induced Hepatotoxicity in Wister Rats by Alka Gyanendra Yadav, Piyush Krantikumar Gandhi, Chatragun Eknathrao Lagad, Rajesh Kundlikrao Ingole, Sudhir Raghuttamrao Rajurkar

“…Hepatoprotective effects were analyzed using biochemical parameters such as serum alanine transaminase, serum aspartate transaminase, serum alkaline phosphatase, serum bilirubin, and histopathological studies of the liver.Results:Silymarin and the test drug-treated group showed an increased value of biochemical parameters on the 14th day, and significant decreases were observed on day 28th. …”
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