jaundice/inflammation

Since the 1960s, Liver Transplantation (LT) has emerged as a cornerstone intervention to cure liver failure. Mortality in patients with liver failure who cannot be rescued with Liver Transplantation remains high despite improvements in supportive care. Artificial Liver Support System (ALSS) in ALF

Common Bile Duct Exploration is a surgery that involves opening the main bile duct that drains from liver and gallbladder into the first part of the small intestine (the duodenum). This is needed when a gallstone drops out of the gallbladder into the duct and partially or completely blocks up the

INTRODUCTION: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a form of endoscopy where a Side-viewing endoscope is introduced into the duodenum, following which instruments are passed into bile or pancreatic ducts, to allow their radiological visualisation by injecting contrast medium

Over one million infants are born to HIV-1-infected women every year in Sub Saharan Africa. In Zimbabwe, annual births stand at 379,000 with approximately 48,000 infants being born every year to HIV-1-infected women on lifelong highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Concerns have been

1. Background In the case of acute cholecystitis, in which acute inflammation was manifested in patients with gallstones and was accompanied by pain and fever, cholecystectomy through surgery was the standard treatment, and the use of empirical antibiotics to treat inflammation and prevent

Therapeutic Efficacy of oral PEG3350 plus Lactulose Versus Lactulose alone in Patients of Acute on Chronic Liver Failure with Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Single Blind Prospective Randomized Controlled Study INTRODUCTION: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) refers to syndrome observed in patients with

liver flukes are disease affecting herbivorous animals and caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica In Egypt, donkeys and camels as well, are hosts for Fasciola gigantica. Fascioliasis also affects man . number of humans infected with Fasciola spp. has been estimated at 2.6 million .

Introduction: Gallstone disease is a significant health problem affecting 10%-15% of the adult population. Gallstone diseases include cholelithiasis, choledocholithiasis or intrahepatic gallstones. In Hong Kong, gallstones are found in 2-3% of the population and 20% of the gallstones are

Natural history of cirrhosis Cirrhosis is the end stage form of chronic liver disease. It is estimated that 200,000 to 500,000 people in France have cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is responsible for more than 170,000 deaths per year in Europe. The main causes of cirrhosis include excessive alcohol

Alcoholic hepatitis is inflammation of the liver due to alcohol consumption. It can cause one or more of the following symptoms such as jaundice (yellow discoloration of the eyes and skin), pain on the right side of the abdomen, and is accompanied by an enlarged liver. Sepsis is a life-threatening

BACKGROUND Interest in vitamin D has seen an unprecedented revival sparked by the finding that vitamin D has pleiotropic effects. The nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR) is widely present in different cell types and organs and regulates more than 200 genes. The link between vitamin D and critical

Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a severe alcohol induced hepatic inflammation that leads to jaundice and liver failure. The incidence of AH is increasing and the disease is associated with a high mortality. In spite of numerous clinical trials both treatment and prognosis have remained essentially

OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSE The aim is to determine whether a brief course of antibiotics following therapeutic ERCP can reduce post-ERCP cholangitis in patients for whom antibiotics are not already indicated. STUDY DESIGN The study will be a prospective, randomized trial consisting of 452 patients who

The current curative treatment for patients with occlusion of the distal common bile duct by pancreatic cancer is pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). Unfortunately, more than 80% of patients have locally advanced or metastatic disease that requires neoadjuvant or palliative treatment. The

Humans are colonized by a diverse range of microbes, the most abundantly inhabited being the gastrointestinal tract which anatomically commences at the oral mucosa, with the colonic lumen being the most densely populated. The gut microbiota consist mainly of bacteria, but it is worth remembering