Biliary Disease in Children
Current Trends in Critical Care ...
Nutrition in the intensive care setting is a vital part of patient care, and may even be referred to as “nutritional therapy”. Current nutritional p ...
Advances in Alcoholic Liver Dis ...
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) remains a leading cause of death from liver disease in the United States. In studies from the Veterans Administration, ...
Complications of Endoscopic and ...
The investigation and treatment of disorders of the human biliary tree depend considerably on invasive endoscopic and radiologic procedures. These a ...
Surgery for Portal Hypertension ...
Management of children with portal hypertension has evolved considerably over the past decades. Development of physiologic shunts (meso-Rex bypass) ...
Can the Intestinal Dysmotility ...
Gastrointestinal dysmotility is commonly noted in the intensive care unit and postoperative settings. Characterized by delayed passage of stool and ...
Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Live ...
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a rare but potentially devastating adverse drug reaction. Its presentation can range from asymptomatic elevation ...
Cholangiocarcinoma: Epidemiolog ...
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare tumor arising from the epithelium of the intrahepatic or the extrahepatic bile ducts. It is rarely diagnosed befo ...
Growth Assessment in Clinical P ...
Differences in growth curves can influence the diagnosis of under- and overnutrition, and the interpretation of adequate growth following nutrition ...
The Optimal Lipid Formulation i ...
Suitable and timely early enteral nutrition is paramount to providing optimal patient care for the critically ill. Lipids serve many essential roles ...
Big Changes Are Coming in Hepat ...
The story of hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy is about to add one of its biggest chapters. From the serendipitous beginnings in the 1980s when invest ...
Gallbladder Dyskinesia: Fact or ...
Gallbladder dyskinesia is a functional (motility) disorder of the gallbladder resulting in episodic abdominal pain that, in carefully selected cases ...
Outcomes of Percutaneous Endosc ...
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a relatively safe and minimally invasive surgical method for providing enteral access in children. In p ...
Current Perception of Nutrition ...
Historically, physicians have perceived the quality of nutrition training during medical school as inadequate. A literature review suggests that thi ...
The IL-28 Genotype: How It Will ...
The hypothesis that host genetics play an essential role in the ability not only to clear acute hepatitis C infection but also to achieve sustained ...
Biliary Disease in Children
Biliary diseases in children are infrequent; however, they can be associated with high morbidity and mortality if an accurate diagnosis is not made ...
Appropriate Protein and Specifi ...
Protein utilization and requirements in critical illness are much researched and debated topics. The enhanced turnover and catabolism of protein in ...
Quality of Care in Inflammatory ...
Advances in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are published routinely in medical journals. Some treatments are sufficiently helpful ...
Carbohydrate Provision in the E ...
Glycemic control in the critically ill patient has remained a controversial issue over the last decade. Several large trials, with widely varying re ...
Prevention and Treatment of Pos ...
Poorly controlled Crohn’s disease (CD) often requires surgery for such complications as strictures, fistulas, and abscesses. The goal of postoperati ...
A Clinical Perspective on Gastr ...
The incidence of gastric neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) has increased exponentially based on widespread use of endoscopy and a greater pathological a ...
Treatment Options for Cheyne-St ...
A national survey in Japan has revealed that about one of five adults in the general population suffers from a sleep problem [1]. However, sleep-dis ...
New Perspectives in cAMP-Signal ...
Cyclic adenosine 3پŒ,5پŒ-monophosphate (cAMP) mediates the biological effects of various hormones and neurotransmitters. Stimulation of cardiac ƒہ-a ...
Specific PI3K Isoform Modulatio ...
Cardiac pathophysiology heavily relies on receptor-mediated signal transduction, and pharmacologic control of such biological processes has proven s ...
Aldosterone-Receptor Antagonist ...
The recent publication of the Eplerenone in Mild Patients Hospitalization and Survival Study in Heart Failure (EMPHASIS-HF) has affirmed the importa ...
Intravenous Iron in Heart Failu ...
Iron deficiency is commonly seen in congestive heart failure (CHF) in both anemic and nonanemic patients. In six studies in which these iron-deficie ...