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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"advanced liver disease"”.
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Multidimensional Experience of Pain in Adults with Advanced Liver Disease
… problem for adult patients living with advanced liver disease such as cirrhosis. Poorly managed pain can reduce the quality of living and dying among this growing population. The lack of research exploring the physical, psychological, and sociocultural dimensions of pain may contribute …
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Living, dying and caring in advanced liver disease: the challenge of uncertainty
Background: The number of patients dying with advanced liver disease is rising dramatically. However, little is known about the experiences of these patients and their families in respect of their care and everyday life with the disease. Palliative care services are traditionally focused on cancer …
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SDOH, GLP-1 Prescription Patterns and MASLD-associated Liver Disease in a Real World Population
… academic medical center to examine predictors of advanced liver disease and GLP-1 RA receptor agonist use among a cross-sectional study of adults with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and related conditions. Variables included diagnoses, prescriptions, demographics, …
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis
… (72 per cent) had associated inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis 20, Crohn's disease 2, unclassified 4). Thirty two patients were followed prospectively for up to nine years. Twenty three remained either stable or had slowly progressive disease. Of the remaining nine patients, seven …
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Assessment of the appropriateness and market opportunity of a point-of-care diagnostic solution for hepatitis C in the United States
… incidence of HCV is declining, the burden of the disease is rising, driven by the increasing rates of end-stage liver disease and other consequences of advanced HCV infection. According to a 2009 report, the number of patients with advanced liver disease will quadruple over the next 20 years; in …
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Expression Of Hepatitis C Viral Non-structural 3 Antigen In Transgenic Chloroplasts
… the major cause of acute hepatitis and chronic liver disease and remains the leading cause of liver transplants (NIH). An estimated 180 million people are infected globally (WHO). There is no vaccine available to prevent hepatitis C. The treatment with antiviral drugs is expensive, accompanied …
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Non-invasive diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become one of the top concerns for the practising hepato-gastroenterologist due to the obesity epidemic and its potential to progress to an advanced liver disease that significantly impacts on overall and liver-related mortality. Due to the rapidly …
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Biochemical and haematological changes during and after liver transplantation in the pig : the effect of different methods of storage and flushing solutions
Liver transplantation is an accepted form of treatment in advanced liver disease. The procedure qualifies as one of the most severe surgical insults that can be inflicted upon a patient. Despite an ever increasing number of clinical and experimental transplants, a vast number of unanswered …
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THE ROLE OF BETA-KLOTHO PROTEIN IN NAFLD PATHOGENESIS
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent and progressive liver condition characterized by the accumulation of fat in more than 5% of hepatocytes in the absence of excessive alcohol consumption. Considered a spectrum of liver disorders, NAFLD ranges from simple steatosis, …