Raw or dried gallbladders of cyprinid fish have long been ingested as a traditional medicine in the Asian countries, particularly in China, for ameliorating visual acuity, rheumatism, and general health; however, sporadic poisoning incidences have occurred after their ingestion. The poisoning causes complex symptoms in patients, including acute renal failure, liver dysfunction, paralysis, and c...

a three-fold decrease of the in vitro ability of serum proteins to bind naproxen was shown in patients with cirrhosis of the liver compared to healthy individuals. this decrease was caused by quantitative changes in serum proteins in the sera of patients with liver damage. lower doses of naproxen are therefore suggested in the treatment of patients with liver dysfunction.

Mitochondrial transplantation (MT) is a new experimental approach that has demonstrated positive results reverting mitochondrial alterations in cardiac and kidney dysfunction mainly mediated by oxidative stress. On the other hand, cisplatin an effective widely used antineoplastic drug treating several cancers; however, notorious side effects different organs, such as heart, kidneys, liver, brai...

This study briefly reviews the heart abnormalities in diverse intracranial pathologies, including strokes, spontaneous and traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracranial hemorrhage, and presents the results of a one-year prospective study of heart abnormalities in patients with moderate to severe head injuries and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Different abnormalities such as: QT -interval, T...

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a major neuropsychiatric complication of both acute and chronic liver failure. Symptoms of HE include attentional deficits, alterations of sleep patterns and muscular incoordination progressing to stupor and coma. HE in acute liver failure may include seizures. Despite several decades of intensive scientific research, the precise causes of HE are still unknown. At...

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Sickle cell disease (SCD) has evolved into a debilitating disorder with emerging end-organ damage. One of the organs affected is the liver, causing "sickle hepatopathy," an umbrella term for a variety of acute and chronic pathologies. Prevalence of liver dysfunction in SCD is unknown, with estimates of 10%. Dominant etiologies include gallstones, hepatic sequestration, viral hepatitis, and sick...

Citation: Taylor DF, Cho RS, Hall J, Walton D, Womeldorph CM (2016) Hepatic Dysfunction as Presenting Manifestation of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. J Gastroenterol Compl 1(1): 103 Volume 1 | Issue 1 Journal of Gastroenterology and Its Complications Introduction Hepatic dysfunction is rarely the presenting feature of malignancy, however it is important to recognize early on as the quick institution of ch...