High bilirubin causes


    • [DOC File]Urinalysis and Acid/Base Balance

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      Proteins, ketones, blood, bilirubin. With your urine and a pathological urine if available, use multistix to determine protein, ketones, blood, and bilirubin. Microscopic Examination. 1. Obtain 10 ml of freshly voided urine from the first voided control sample. 2. Centrifuge for 10 minutes at 1600 rpm. 3. Place one drop of sediment on a clean ...


    • [DOC File]“Booze Blues: A Case on the Liver”

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      Jaundice – elevated bilirubin because of liver dysfunction 2. The liver is known for its ability to remove certain toxins from the blood. It can perform this function because its cells, or hepatocytes, contain large quantities of lysosomes and peroxisomes, and also have an extensive smooth endoplasmic reticulum.


    • [DOC File]University of Arizona

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      - high levels of unconjugated bilirubin (in blood); residual hepatic capacity to conjugate bilirubin so a mixed hyperbilirubinemia is found ( occurs because not all of conjugated bilirubin can be excreted by the damaged hepatocytes causing it to exit cells into blood ( increased conjugated bilirubin in blood (equal to increase of unconjugated form)


    • [DOC File]A STUDY TO ASSESS THE FACTORS AFFECTING NEONATAL JAUNDICE

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      A bilirubin level exceeding 12 mg/dl for the full term infant is suggestive of more than normal physiology and would be considered hyperbilirobinemia (Behrman). 4. In the studies conducted by Newman TB, neonatal bilirubin exceeding 10 mg/dl seems to have little effect on IQ (Intelligent Quotient), neurological abnormalities and hearing loss.


    • [DOCX File]NCNC Jaundice Guideline

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      Most jaundice is benign, but bilirubin can be toxic at very high levels. ... at the threshold for newborns with neurotoxicity risk factors and proceed with an appropriate work up for those causes. For example, for a 38 0/7-week formula-fed African American male at 96 hours of age, if the TSB were 19.0 mg/dL, it would be appropriate to start ...


    • [DOC File]GI—Introduction to GI and Bilirubin

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      High values are associated with stress, fatigue, alcohol use, and reduced caloric intake. Impaired bilirubin conjugation is secondary to reduced bilirubin glucuronosyltransferase activity. Crigler-Najjar Type I is an increase in unconjugated bilirubin from about 20-45mg/dL.


    • Key Points_Gastro 8 - Ohio University

      When excessive levels of bilirubin accumulate in the blood (> 2.5 or 3 mg/dL) this chemical accumulates in sclera and colors it yellow; it also accumulates under the tongue and ultimately in the skin, causing a yellow or even green color (bilirubin can be oxidized with time to a more green pigment); the visible excess bilirubin in a patient is ...


    • [DOC File]PATHOLOGY MCQ - Doctorswriting

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      Conjugated bilirubin causes kernicterus in adults. Unconjugated bilirubin does not colour sclera. Unconjugated bilirubin is tightly bound to albumin. Unconjugated bilirubin produces bilirubin in urine. Conjugated bilirubin is tightly bound to albumin. In cirrhosis. fibrosis is confined to the delicate bands around central veins. nodularity is ...


    • [DOC File]Jaundice or elevated bilirubin - Pennine VTS

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      Bilirubin will be higher if patient fasting or during intercurrent illness. Ask for conjugated v. unconjugated bilirubin: the hyperbilirubinaemia should be largely unconjugated, but don’t trust the laboratory ranges for conjugated bilirubin, they are too strict, and many Gilberts patients have an elevated conjugated bilirubin.


    • [DOC File]Caveat: The following synopsis of normal liver physiology ...

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      Excretion of bilirubin: Red blood cells last for about 120 days at which time they are destroyed by the spleen. Hemoglobin (the protein which is the primary carrier of oxygen in the red blood cells) is broken down by the liver into bilirubin, and then excreted by the liver into the intestines with the bile, where it is eventually eliminated ...


    • [DOC File]Gastroenterology - Stanford University

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      Indirect hyperbilirubinemia, >85% of total bilirubin is unconjugated. Total bilirubin usually never >6 mg/dL in hemolysis. Check reticulocyte count and hemolysis labs . Direct hyperbilibinemia, >50% of total bilirubin is conjugated. Causes of indirect hyperbilirubinemia. Hemolysis. Ineffective erythropoiesis. Resorption of large hematoma ...


    • [DOCX File]Weebly

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      To note, her bilirubin levels are extremely high (approximately 3 mg/dL too high), which explains why she has slight jaundice of the skin. IN addition, he blood pressure read 102/65 mmHg, revealing that it is lower than usual and may lead to a diagnosis of hypoglycemia.


    • [DOC File]Answer Guide for Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Case Study ...

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      Bilirubin might be high because of the lack of O2 to the RBCs. The LDL/HDL could be high do to the amount of eggs eaten, HDL being low and LDL high due to high fat intake or problems metabolizing fats. the Hbg and Hct could be low due to lack of protein and iron food sources, and the high levels of CO2 and low O2 is due to his breathing function.


    • [DOCX File]WordPress.com

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      Causes excretion of fat tissue by fecal material which is called blobs. Yellowish tissue that exists in feces which is sign for deficiency of bile salt so it couldn’t absorb fats and liver by small intestines. ... High bilirubin in greenish. Acute cholecystitis – means inflammation of gall bladder.


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