News tagged with chronic liver failure
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Review of pain management practices for cirrhosis patients
In the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, physician experts review current practices for pain management in cirrhotic patients. The physician experts reviewed all current literature available on PubMed and MEDLINE with n ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 26, 2010 |
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Donor kidneys from Hepatitis C patients needlessly denied to patients with that infection
More than half of donor kidneys in the United State infected with hepatitis C are thrown away, despite the need among hepatitis C patients who may die waiting for an infection-free organ, Johns Hopkins research suggests.
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Apr 01, 2010 |
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Ghrelin mitigates liver fibrosis in animal models; regulates human fibrosis
Spanish researchers determined that rats treated with recombinant ghrelin displayed a reduction in liver fibrosis. Ghrelin, a stomach hormone, reduced the amount of fibrogenic cells by 25% in the treated rodents. Research ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Hepatic encephalopathy and prehepatic portal hypertension rat model
Portal hypertension is responsible for severe and often lethal complications of cirrhosis. Another important syndrome is hepatic encephalopathy as a consequence of acute and chronic liver failure, which is characterized by ...
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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