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Bilirubin
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- Adult: 0.3-1 mg/dl.
- Child: 0.2-0.8 mg/dl.
- Full-term neonate: 6-10.0 mg/dl
- Adult: 0.0-0.4 mg/dl
- Adult: 0.2-0.8 mg/dl |
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- Total bilirubin test is used
- To evaluate liver function .
- To diagnose or monitor the progression of jaundice
- To determine whether an infant needs treatment of the jaundice to prevent Kernicterus
- Indirect and direct bilirubin tests are used
- To identify the underlying cause of hyperbilirubinemia |
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- Hepatocelluar damage
- Cancer of the liver
- Obstruction in the biliary tree
- Neonatal jaundice
- Hemolytic disease
- Hepatocellular necrosis
- Infection in the liver
- Cancer of the liver, biliary duct or pancreas
- Cirrhosis
- Biliary Atresia
- Gallstone
- Acute pancreatitis
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Malaria
- Rh or ABO incompatibility
- Neonatal jaundice
- Blood transfusion reaction
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