Objectives: (i) To construct hour-specific serum total bilirubin (STB) nomogram in neonates born at ≥35 weeks of gestation; (ii)To evaluate efficacy of pre-discharge bilirubin measurement in predicting hyperbilirubinemia needing treatment.

Design: Diagnostic test performance in a prospective cohort study.

Setting: Teaching hospital in Northern India.

Subjects: Healthy neonates with gestation ³35 weeks or birth weight ³2000 g.

Intervention: Serum total bilirubin was measured in all enrolled neonates at 24±6, 72-96 and 96-144 h of postnatal age and when indicated clinically. Neonates were followed up during hospital stay and after discharge till completion of 7th postnatal day.

Wendy H. Oddy , BAppSci, MPH, PhD 1 , Carly E. Herbison , BSc (Hons) 1 , Peter Jacoby , BA, MSc 1 , Gina L. Ambrosini , BAppSci, MPH, PhD 2 , Therese A. O ’ Sullivan , BHlthSci, BAppSci, PhD 1 , 3 , Oyekoya T. Ayonrinde , MBBS, FRACP 4 – 6 , John K. Olynyk , MBBS, FRACP, MD 4 – 7 , Lucinda J. Black , BSc, PhD 1 , Lawrence J. Beilin , MBBS, FRCP, FRACP, FCSANZ, MD 4 , Trevor A. Mori , BSc (Hons), MRACI CChem,

PhD (Distinction) 4 , Beth P. Hands , BEd, BSocWk, MEd, PhD 8 and Leon A. Adams , MBBS, FRACP, PhD 4

Hitoshi Maruyama , MD, PhD 1 , Hidehiro Okugawa , MD, PhD 1 , Masanori Takahashi , MD, PhD 1 and Osamu Yokosuka , MD, PhD 1

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to investigate predictive factors and long-term outcomes of de novo portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in cirrhosis.

METHODS: The incidence and factors predictive of PVT (diagnosed by Doppler ultrasound) and prognosis were examined in 150 patients with virus-related cirrhosis but without PVT at baseline.