bilirubin in feces

Indications

• melena

Clinical significance

• results from clearance of uncongugated bilirubin

Increases

• clinical disorders with increased uncongugated bilirubin
  • hemolytic disorders
  • Gilbert's syndrome
  • Crigler-Najjar syndrome
  • neonatal jaundice
  • ineffective erythropoiesis
• pharmaceutical agents
  • drugs competing for glucuronide

More general terms

• urine chemistry test

Additional terms

• bilirubin
• bilirubin unconjugated in serum (indirect bilirubin)