Although hepatic dysfunction has been described among adults with typhoid, there are few reports of significant hepatic functional impairment in children with typhoid. Of 355 children with culture proven typhoid seen at the Aga Khan University Hospital, hepatomegaly was noted in 118 (33%) and isolated right hypochondrial tenderness in 30 (8.5%). The liver function tests were normal in 78% and 4...

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...

septicaemia caused by gram-negative pathogens is a dangerous infection which is associated with high incidence of liver dysfunction. the severe and acute hepatotoxicity is presumably due to massive release of endotoxin into systemic circulation after bacterial killing. the direct toxic effect of endotoxin is probably due to the increased production of reactive oxygen intermediates as o 2 - , pe...

1. Lifelong monitoring of graft function, immunosuppressive levels, and screening for drug toxicity is required in all liver recipients. 2. Late hepatic allograft dysfunction is common and is caused by a variety of etiologies including rejection, infection, biliary/vascular abnormalities, recurrence of disease, and drug hepatotoxicity. 3. In all patients with late hepatic allograft dysfunction,...

conclusions the article presents the relation between anemia and liver dysfunction viewed by iranian traditional medicine as an important finding in designing a treatment plan. despite the new findings on the evaluation of liver function (i.e. laboratory tests), it seems that further studies for earlier evaluation of liver function in anemia are highly required. results our findings proved that...