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Curative intent liver resection is the gold standard for treatment of hepatic malignancies, including metastases from colorectal cancer (CRLM), but liver resection can only be performed if future liver remnant (FLR) volume is at least 25 %. Unfortunately, many cancer patients have multiple liver
Definition of the sample: Patients over 18 years old admitted to the Diagnostic Unit of the Faculty of Dentistry (DUFD), Viña del Mar campus of the Universidad Nacional Andres Bello (UNAB) during 2016, with a diagnosis of moderate or severe chronic periodontitis, meeting both the inclusion and
Hypothesis The results of HepQuant in patients with CHD will correlate with outcomes of cardiac surgery (namely morbidity as defined by complications such as ischemic hepatitis, survival, need for heart transplantation, improvement of liver function post revision), and thus can be used for prognosis
AIMS :
To study the effect of a Probiotics administration in reducing the incidence of first episode of SBP among cirrhotics who have low protein(<1 gm/dl) ascites.
To study the effect of a Probiotics administration in reducing the incidence of second episode of SBP among cirrhotic who have already
BACKGROUND:
1. Mortality in patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis:
Chronic liver disease is the 9th most common cause of death in the United States. Unfortunately, mortality secondary to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and its complications is expected to increase in the future. This is
Proximal MCA occlusion is recognized using MR or CT angiography performed before inclusion. All patients are treated with alteplase according to current guidelines. In addition, patients randomized in the active group are continuously exposed to transcranial 2-MHz ultrasound for 1 hour combined with