clinical challenge in hepatology

Clinical Challenge in Hepatology

* Corresponding Author: Alireza Norouzi, MD Dagestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Tel: +98 21 82415104 Fax: +98 21 82415400 E-mail: [email protected] Recieved: 18 Jun. 2011 Accepted: 23 Jul. 2011 A new section in MEJDD which is aimed to improve chinical decision making by presenting a real patient by an experienced clinician ...

Euthanasia: A Challenge in Clinical Education

Introduction: Euthanasia is one of the most frequent question and challenging issue in clinical education. This paper aimed to investigate different views in this matter. Methods: This review article was prepared through searching scientific databases and literature that was published during 2000-2011. Results: Considering the ethical and religious principles, current views about euthanasia ...

Isolated hepatocytes: use in experimental and clinical hepatology.

Clinical pharmacology profile of care in Hepatology clinic.

Since 2010, the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division of the Central Institute of Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo Medical School (HC-FMUSP, in the Portuguese acronym) has been developing specialized electives assistance activities in the Outpatient Specialty Clinic, Secondary Level, in São Paulo NGA-63 Várzea do Carmo. The objective of this study was to analyze ...

Clinical decisions in hepatology: the pirfenidone case analysis.

The approval of potentially effective treatments for serious and life-threatening conditions represents a particularly difficult arena for drug developers, regulators and physicians. Hanging in the balance is the need to provide a timely treatment alternative to an otherwise untreatable and serious condition, while also assuring that the proposed treatment is sufficiently safe to preserve the o...

Advances in Hepatology

AN Approximately 2.7 million (range, 2.2-3.2 million) Americans are estimated to be chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). This is the most-cited estimate based upon data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The majority of persons with chronic HCV were born between 1945 and 1965 (ie, baby boomers), and the peak incidence was in the 1970s and 1980s. A ...