Patrick is a 70-year-old diabetic man with a 2-year history of stable chest pain when he exerts himself. He is awoken from sleep with the acute onset of crushing central chest pain which radiates to his neck and left arm. His normal medications include normally aspirin, a diuretic, a ch...
Model for End-stage Liver DiseaseCritically ill cirrhotic patients have high in-hospital mortality and utilize significant health care resources as a consequence of the need for multiorgan support.Despite this fact,their mortality has decreased in recent decades due to improved care of critically ill...
Episcleritis:Inflammation of the area just below the conjunctiva (the clear tissue that covers the inside of your eyelids and the white of your eye) is the most common complication of Crohn’s. It can affect one eye or both. You’ll notice pain, itching, burning, and intense redness, b...
known as End-Stage, have complete damage and their only life expectancy option is liver transplant. With some, particularly those with severe symptoms, transplant may not even help.
NASH involves hepatocyte injury (ballooning) and inflammation [1], [3] and may eventually lead to fibrosis, end-stage liver disease, and ultimately the need for liver transplantation or adverse cardiovascular outcomes [4]. The global prevalence of NAFLD is approximately 25 % [5], and is ...
One such case is DNA repair at the natural ends of linear chromosomes, known as telomeres, which can lead to chromosome-end fusions. Here, we review data obtained over the past decade and discuss the mechanisms that protect mammalian chromosome ends from the DNA damage response. We also ...
What is a brain lesion? A brain lesion describes damage or destruction to any part of the brain. It may be due to trauma or any other disease that can cause inflammation, malfunction, or destruction of brain cells or brain tissue. A lesion may be localized to one part of the brain, or...
Early- and late-stage type 2 diabetes can now be reframed as two distinct conditions based on the extent of beta cell function and warrant two distinct approaches to care. Until the advanced stages of hyperglycemia, the first mandate is to attempt to resume euglycemia if the beta cells can...
As the HIV population continues to live longer as a result of antiretroviral therapy, liver-related mortality has become one of the leading causes of non-A
is it feasible? The relentlessly rising incidence of end-stage renal failure (IRF) is a major problem for all public health systems in Western countries. For more than 10 ... P Jungers - 《Nephrol.dial.transplant》 被引量: 35发表: 1999年 Screening for Colorectal Cancer in the UK: is ...