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TREATMENT PLAN 5.1 Dosing Guidelines 5.1.1 Chemotherapy Paclitaxel is available commercially. Paclitaxel 135mg/m2 will be given over 1 hour in 250-500 ml of 5% dextrose or normal saline. Premedication for prevention of anaphylactic reactions with anti-histamines and/or steroids should be

Cancer of the ovary, fallopian tube and peritoneum (referred to as epithelial ovarian cancer, EOC) remains the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer in the US and is expected to account for 22,000 cases and 14,000 deaths in 2016. Patients classically present with peritoneal carcinomatosis

Post-surgery, patients are traditionally observed and treated in post-anesthesia care units (PACU) until they are discharged to the ward (or directly home) assessed by standardized international discharge criteria. The research project "Why in PACU?" (Rigshospitalet, Denmark), has since the

Ten percent of patients with cirrhosis develop ascites. In 90% of patients, ascites can be treated with diuretics. The management of the remaining 10% with diuretic resistant ascites is challenging. Symptoms including abdominal pain, dyspnoea, nausea, vomiting, and anorexia have a detrimental impact

Refractory ascites is when fluid recurrently accumulates in the peritoneal cavity, as an end result of multiple mechanisms, including liver cirrhosis, peritoneal infiltration by tumor, portal hypertension, lymphangitic carcinomatosis, congestive heart failure, or lymphatic obstruction. It is

The current study is conducted at Assisted Reproduction Unit at Almana general Hospital, kingdom of saudi arabia.and other private centers in Egypt. The study protocol was approved by the Local Ethical Committee. The study aimed to include women suspected to be at high risk for development of OHSS

Aim & hypothesis: The aim is to investigate the effect of the same protocol in colorectal surgery and to further delineate the effect on perioperative inflammation, immunosuppression and clinical outcome. This is an original approach, as this protocol was never used in bowel surgery. The hypothesis

Dengue infection have resurged and disseminated globally since late 1970s after successful eradication programs of the dengue vector Aedes mosquitoes in Latin America in the 1940s. It has been identified as the fastest spreading mosquito-borne viral disease by World Health Organization (WHO), which

Patients eligible for the trial and having signed their consent to participate will be randomized to arm A or B. Treatment order is randomly attributed to patients at the 1st paracentesis, after the reception of the laboratory results necessary to evaluate SAAG value. Randomization is stratified 1:1

Diagnosis: The diagnosis of Alcoholic hepatitis is made by the following criteria (12) I. Chronic active alcohol abuse - >80 grams in males and > 60 grams in females for > 5 years for developing Alcoholic Cirrhosis (13) Alcohol use will be evaluated with the AUDIT score (EASL guidelines (14) II.

Wolman disease (WD) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by complete absence of an enzyme known as lysosomal acid lipase (LIPA). This enzyme is required to breakdown (metabolize) lipids in the body. Without the LIPA enzyme, lipids may abnormally accumulate in the tissues and organs of the body

This study is a randomized, placebo controlled double-blinded clinical trial, which was conducted at the Children's Hospital of Ain Shams university during the period from November 2013 to May 2014. Eligible patients were previously healthy children of both sexes, aged 2 to 18 years, who developed

Liver cirrhosis or portal hypertension is frequently associated with congestive splenomegaly resulting in hypersplenism. Hypersplenism can be defined as anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, or a combination of these resulting from excessive, splenic sequestration or pooling of blood cells, usually

Severe alcoholic hepatitis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis: The diagnosis of (AH) is made by the following criteria11 I.Chronic active alcohol abuse - > 80 grams in males and > 20 grams in females. II. Duration of jaundice < 3 months III. Serum Bilirubin >5 mg/dl