CANDIDA CARRIAGE IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACT OF LIVER TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES

Contrast Enhanced Echocardiography for Detection of Intrapulmonary Shunts in Liver Transplant Candidates

Background: Intrapulmonary vascular abnormalities associated with liver cirrhosis may result in intrapulmonary right-to-left shunt and hypoxemia. The aim of this study was to use contrast enhanced echocardiography to detect intrapulmonary vascular abnormalities in patients with liver cirrhosis candidates for liver transplantation. Methods: One hundred and two adult patients underwent contrast e...

Marijuana use in potential liver transplant candidates.

Concern exists that liver transplant center substance abuse policies may have an inappropriate and disproportionate impact on marijuana users. Our hypothesis is that patients with chronic liver disease who were marijuana users will have inferior survival. This is a retrospective (1999-2007) cohort study. The primary outcome measure is time-dependent, adjusted patient survival from the time of l...

Hamartomas in the alimentary tract.

Diseases of the Alimentary Tract

(Pp. xiii + 411; figs. 60. 60s.) London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1963. THE appearance of this book is an important event. There has not been for many years a standard British textbook of gastroenterology, and recent attempts to supply one have not been so successful as one could have wished. The authoritative and massive three-volume work of Bockus is the stand-by of every gastroentero...

Complications of sclerotherapy for esophageal varices in liver transplant candidates.

ENDOSCOPIC sclerotherapy as the initial form of therapy for bleeding esophageal varices is considered to be the treatment of choice in many centers. While bleeding is usually effectively controlled, \,2 the long-term prognosis for such patients remains poor3 ,4 since progressive hepatic deterioration often precipitated by the bleeding episode frequently leads to an early death. In an attempt to...