Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

Barry Keoghan previously offered some clarity on the pronunciation of his surname. He's now gearing up for his role in the eagerly anticipated Beatles biopics. At 32, Keoghan's impressive ...

1 Although an authoritative definition of kwashiorkor is lacking, the syndrome is characterised by growth retardation, changes in the pigmentation of the skin and hair, oedema, hepatomegaly and ...

We can also pronounce the letter 't' as a glottal stop - /ʔ/. Some people do this in between vowel sounds, like in 'city' /sɪʔɪ/ and 'writing' /raɪʔɪŋ/. The glottal stop, the /ʔ/ sound ...

Corticosteroid therapy is effective in all forms of autoimmune hepatitis, and the combination of prednisone and azathioprine is preferred. Remission can be achieved in 80% of patients within 3 ...

ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development process as outlined in the ASCO ...

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic inflammatory liver disease which, if untreated, often leads to cirrhosis, liver failure and death. Major advances were made in its management based on ...

14 Centre for Liver and Gastroenterology research, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 15 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Birmingham and ...

Upper abdominal pain originates in the organs and tissues located between your ribs and belly button. The upper abdominal cavity holds the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, bile ducts, ...

A reasonable definition of hyperkalemia is a serum potassium concentration of ≥5.5 mmol/l. When using inhibitors of the RAAS, physicians must be aware of clinical circumstances that may promote ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal 2 Department of Microbiology, College of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Nepal Consider dengue in ...