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In recent years, chronic kidney disease(CKD) has become a worldwide public health issue.
The main factors affecting the prognosis of patients with chronic kidney disease are its complications, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, malnutrition, inflammation, atherosclerosis
Study Design and Population
Patients and Methods
This study is an observational, cross-sectional and prospective cohort study. One hundred and fifty patients on non-diabetic hemodialysed patients will be included for the cross-sectional survey; Twenty healthy subjects will be elected as the
Hookah (water-pipe) smoking is rapidly increasing in popularity worldwide. Contributing to this popularity is the unsubstantiated belief that traditional hookah smoke is detoxified as it passes through the water-pipe. More recently, electronic hookah bowls—containing e-liquid that is heated
Hookah (water pipe) smoking is a new global epidemic. The World Health Organization wants to prohibit all claims that hookah is less harmful than cigarettes and wants hookah products to bear the same warning labels as cigarettes. But there is little scientific evidence to substantiate this proposal.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an endogenously produced gas that play important physiological roles in the circulation. Traditionally considered a poisonous gas that causes tissue hypoxia, CO produced by vascular cells as a byproduct of heme catabolism, also functions to regulate blood flow by inhibiting
Various interceptive and therapeutic modalities are available comprising of non-surgical and surgical therapies. But, these therapies are not available for everyone, due to various reasons such as low socio-economic conditions of the majority of the population including poverty, illiteracy, and
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is the most prevalent pregnancy-specific liver disease. It occurs mainly in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. It typically resolves after delivery spontaneously but it is associated with an increased risk of adverse fetal outcomes.
The cause of
This study will compare the epigenetic responses of healthy adults and adults with mild asthma to diesel exhaust and ozone exposures. Up to fifty subjects will be recruited into the healthy adult group and up to thirty subjects into the mild to moderate asthmatic group. Both the normal healthy group
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects about 15% of the U.S. population. Despite increasing understanding of the pathophysiology of IBS, there are unmet clinical needs and no effective medication approved for the treatment of abdominal pain associated with IBS. Cannabinoid receptors (CBR) are on
The management and prognosis vary in different types of pouchitis. For antibiotic-responsive pouchitis, the first-line therapy includes a 2-week course of metronidazole or ciprofloxacin. A relapsing course of pouchitis is common. Of the patients with acute pouchitis, 61% would develop at least one
Patients with acute pouchitis are typically treated with metronidazole or ciprofloxacin for 10-14 days. Most patients with pouchitis respond to these or other antibiotics. Patients who experience frequent relapses and those with chronic pouchitis will require long term maintenance antibiotics.