Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia (PIL) is a rare idiopathic congenital disorder characterized by impaired lymphatic drainage and protein-losing enteropathy [1,2]. PIL normally presents in childhood but can unusually present in adults [2]. We report a case of PIL diagnosed at antegrade double-balloon enteroscopy in a middle-aged man with isolated intermittent ankle edema and hypoalbuminemia.

The idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome (ISCLS) is a rare disorder, characterized by recurrent attacks of hypotension, hypoalbuminemia, and hemoconcentration, which is often misdiagnosed due to overlapping features with other diseases. Even though cerebral involvement is uncommon, a broad awareness is crucial, because of its life-threatening character.

Aim: In this study, it isaimed to retrospectively evaluatethe effect of serum albumin levels on postoperative mortality and morbidity in patients with end-stage liver failure hypoalbuminemia who underwent follow-up transplant surgery.
 Material Method: After the approval ethics committee, surgery between April 2011 September 2016 were divided into two groups as preoperative values

Discussions whether hypoalbuminemia is just a marker for the malnutrition-inflammation syndrome as well as for the increased morbidity and mortality of those patients or is it an etiological factor, are becoming more and more intense. In this research of the relation between hypoalbuminemia and the complications that threaten the vascular access with special reference to infection, and conseque...

BACKGROUND Using both estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and proteinuria to classify the severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been proposed. The utility of a staging system incorporating both eGFR and proteinuria for guiding the evaluation of concurrent CKD complications is not known. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS 30,528 participants in the U...

INTRODUCTION Knowledge of prognostic factors in end-stage renal disease patients has improved dialysis management and methods for reducing morbidity and mortality, underlining the importance of identification, prevention and control of these factors. OBJECTIVE Identify factors affecting prognosis (survival or death) in hemodialysis patients at the Medical-Surgical Research Center in Havana ov...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is known to exacerbate bacterial infection, but its effect on the severity of viral infection has not been well studied. The severity of thrombocytopenia is an indicator of the severity of dengue virus infection. We investigated whether diabetes is associated with thrombocytopenia in dengue-infected patients. METHODS We studied clinical characteristics of 644 pati...