Since liver function is changed by chronic liver diseases, chronic liver disease can lead to different hemorheological alterations during the course of the progression. This study aims to compare alterations in whole blood viscosity in patients with chronic liver disease, focusing on the gender effect. Chronic liver diseases were classified into three categories by patient's history, serologic ...

The burden of chronic liver disease continues to grow dramatically in the United States, driven primarily by chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. These conditions are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, as confirmed by recent data from 2013 State of U.S. Health Report demonstrating that liver cirrhosis now represents the eight...

background: with respect to the importance of hepatitis a in patients with chronic liver disease, current study was conducted with the aim of determining the prevalence of previous hepatitis a infection in hepatitis b virus carriers with different stages of liver disease. materials and methods: this was a cross sectional study. 283 hbsag positive subjects (including 118 inactive carriers, 144 p...

maternal renal disease, essential hypertension, diabetes, and collagen vascular disease are all causes of fetal growth retardation,' and Dawes attributed 3500 of growth-retarded pregnancies to maternal vascular disease.13 There is increasing agreement that abnormal maternal vasculature is the most important common denominator in 'intrauterine growth retardation. There is less agreement, however...

With the advent of the antibiotic era and the improvement in serological diagnostic techniques, there has obviously been a need to reappraise the clinical aspects of syphilis. Karmi, Thirkettle, and Read (1969) reported the results of such a study on the relationship between patients with cirrhosis and syphilitic infection. For many years the consensus of opinion was that a relatively high prop...

1. Apply results from clinical studies and guidelines to the management of hepatic encephalopathy. 2. Design evidence-based treatment and prevention regimens for patients with ascites or complications of ascites such as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and hepatorenal syndrome. 3. Given recent guidelines on the management of portal hypertension, justify the need for primary and secondary proph...