Postoperative hyperbilirubinemia and Gilbert's syndrome in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Abstract

We report a series of seven patients with Gilbert's syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery. Early and transient increase of total, direct, and indirect bilirubin without other complications was observed. Although this is a benign process, we believe that this disease should be routinely included in the differential diagnosis of postoperative jaundice after cardiopulmonary bypass.

Keywords

• Cardiac surgery
• Gilbert's syndrome
• postoperative hyperbilirubinemia