The antituberculosis drugs isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RMP), pyrazinamide (PZA), and ethambutol (EMB) usually expose patients to the risk of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). This report presents a case of liver transplantation in antituberculosis drugs-induced FHF and reviews the relevant literature. A 39-year-old woman with pelvic and salpinx tuberculosis experienced complex pelvic exenterati...

Using data from the National Survey of America‘s Families (NSAF), this research investigates the relationships between a highly defined set of family structures and a broad set of child outcomes at a particular point in time in a child‘s life. A detailed classification of family structures is constructed that clarifies key differences among various types of diverse families, and facilitates equ...

BACKGROUND Distinguishing those patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) and who require transplantation from those FHF patients who will survive with receiving only intensive medical care remains problematic, and this distinction is important because of the chronic shortage of donor livers. METHODS To assess the applicability of two prognostic scoring systems, referred to as the London ...

BACKGROUND The natural history of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) without liver transplantation is not well known. AIMS To study the natural history and prognostic factors, especially the presence of ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), in children with FHF. METHODS FHF was defined by the onset of encephalopathy within 12 weeks of onset of jaundice. From August 1997 to Decem...

Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) is defined as a syndrome of acute liver failure with the development of hepatic encephalopathy and severe hypoprothrombinemia occurring within 2 months of the onset of symptoms or jaundice in a person without preexisting liver disease. Total orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTX) is a lifesaving therapeutic option for patients with FHF, but currently requires li...

Attaining economic parity and reducing poverty between the genders are critical steps toward attaining United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Despite progress, women in US still earn USD 0.83 for every 1.00 that a man earns. With rising shares of single/female-headed households with children American society recent years, such gaps earnings exacerbate misery living households. In 2019, ...

This study examined the error probability performance of polar codes across Fox’s $H$ -fading (FHF) channels while taking into account in-phase and quadrature-phase imbalance (IQI), as well residual hardware impairments (RHI). fading ...

Abstract Family migration has gained prominence as one of the main reasons for international mobility in both Switzerland and rest western European countries. However, research aimed at evaluating economic performance reunited families been constrained by unavailability individual income and/or household composition data. The joint use population registers information about individuals’ social ...