kidney and liver disease and organ transplantation

... Chronic Kidney Disease and Renal Transplantation, Edited by Manisha Sahay p cm ISBN 978-953-51-0003-4 Contents Preface IX Part Chronic Kidney Disease Chapter Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease ... "Screening: why, when, and how." Kidney Int 76(7): 694-699 14 Chronic Kidney Disease and Renal Transplantation Hallan, S., B Astor, et al (2007) "Association of kidney function and albuminuria with ... College Hyderabad India Part Chronic Kidney Disease Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease Ross Francis and David Johnson Department of Nephrology Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane...

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... to treat patients with mild lesions and to re-assess their liver disease after to years The patients with inflammation and/ or fibrosis (Metavir score A ≥ and/ or F ≥ 2) have an indication for ... genotypes and (B), and genotypes 4, and (C) Int J Med Sci 2006, HCV genotypes and Patients infected with HCV genotypes or have a 70%-80% likelihood of an SVR with a low dose of ribavirin and only ... patients should be treated regardless of the severity of their liver disease and they not need a liver biopsy of noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis (Figure 1B) The recommended dose of pegylated...

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... nonalcoholic chronic liver disease including NAFLD (571.8), chronic hepatitis (571.4), and nonalcoholic and biliary cirrhosis (571.5, 571.6), and other unspecified chronic liver disease without mention ... independent risk factor for cardiovascular (5–7) and chronic kidney disease (54) NAFLD may progress to more severe disease states including end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (4) The increasing ... dysfunction and cardiovascular risk profile in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Hepatology 2005;42:473–80 Targher G, Arcaro G Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and increased risk of cardiovascular disease...

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... alcoholic liver disease, acute viral liver disease, chronic viral liver disease, mixed liver disease (all chronic), cirrhosis, and alcoholic cirrhosis We adopted the DerSimonian and Laird random-effects ... Thistle Preparations and Doses .25 Milk Thistle and Liver Disease 27 Milk Thistle and Alcohol-Related Liver Disease 27 Milk Thistle and Chronic Liver Disease of Mixed ... with no known liver disease who were starting potentially hepatotoxic drugs The identified studies addressed alcohol-related liver disease, toxin-induced liver disease, and viral liver disease No...

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... cirrhosis and post -transplantation non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Liver Transpl 2001; 7: 707–801 41 Contos MJ, Cales W, Sterling RK et al Development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease after liver ... Fatty Liver Disease: NASH and Related Disorders Fatty Liver Disease: NASH and Related Disorders Edited by Geoffrey C Farrell Director, Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Hospital, ... in NASH contribute to liver injury and fibrotic severity of other liver diseases is canvassed in Chapter 23 Importance of NASH Reasons why NASH is an important form of liver disease are summarized...

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... Hajarizadeh B Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease prevalence among school-aged children and adolescents in Iran and its association with biochemical and anthropometric measures Liver Int 2009;29(2):159-63 ... vessels are tightly defined, and the posterior parts of the liver are well-illustrated Fatty liver may be identified if liver echogenicity exceeds that of the renal cortex and spleen, with attenuation ... factors, metabolic alterations, and liver histology of NAFLD and metabolic syndrome, a recent review suggested the term MAFLD (metabolic syndromeassociated fatty liver disease) , which might describe...

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... pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease Malnutrition is frequently present Alcohol Drinking Patterns and Nutrition in Alcoholic Liver Disease 15 in patients with alcoholic liver disease and may result from ... nutritional treatment on liver status and survival in patients with alcoholic liver disease References Aaseth, J., Smith-Kielland, A & Thomassen, Y (1986) Selenium, alcohol and liver diseases Ann.Clin.Res ... in alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) based on studies of human alcohol-related liver injury and animal models of diet-induced hepatic steatosis and drug-induced...

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... associated alcoholic liver diseases and with HCC-associated non-alcoholic liver diseases We found VAP-1 on a significantly higher level in patients with HCC-associated alcoholic liver diseases (p < ... liver [18] Pre-operative 55 patients with HCC, all of whom had cirrhosis, were selected for study Of these, 33 patients had alcoholic liver disease and 22 patients non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease cirrhosis was made in patients who had clinical features and liver biopsies compatible with non-alcoholic fatty disease Females and males consuming greater...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... were closely associated with disease activity and organ damage in SLE, and may be useful in disease monitoring and prognostication Materials and methods Patients and control individuals This ... IFN signature and anti-RNP autoanti- QF, NS and CB designed the study YG and JC collected clinical data and blood samples HC participated in RNA extraction and cDNA preparation QF and XC performed ... cumulative organ damage in SLE, and that such a score might be useful in predicting long-term outcomes in SLE patients patients, and healthy donors Comparison of chemokine and IFN scores between SLE and...

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... sensation and ideas about them, and obsessive traits that make it difficult to abandon 258 / Advanced Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease these experiences Modest intelligence and impoverished ... heterogeneous disease that can be classified on anatomic location and clinical behavior, and location and behavior define clinical course, prognosis, and 272 / Advanced Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver ... related disease risks and their implications for prevention and control NCI Smoking and Tobacco Control Monographs 1997; Feb Calam J, Baron JH Pathophysiology of duodenal and gastric ulcer and gastric...

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... Multivisceral Transplantation This type of transplantation involves the intestine associated with other organs, usually the stomach and pancreas It may also include the liver and kidneys This type of transplantation ... Possienke M, Schlitt HJ, et al Bone density and metabolism in patients with viral hepatitis and cholestatic liver diseases before and after liver transplantation Am J Gastroenterol 2000;95:2343–51 ... lack of placebos, patient and provider preferences, and different beliefs about health and disease (Hilsden and Verhoef, 1998) There is a body of ethnopharmacology and basic science research...

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... Gastroenterology and Liver Disease Influence of Proximal Disease Does removal of proximal disease improve perianal disease in patients with CD? It has been shown that removal of all proximal disease does ... monitoring and treatment of distal colitis Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003;17(Suppl 2):2–6 454 / Advanced Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease Therapy of Distal Disease For mildly active distal disease, ... metronidazole and sulfasalazine for active Crohn’s disease: the cooperative Crohn’s disease study in Sweden II Result Gastroenterol 1982;83:550–62 472 / Advanced Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease...

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... (Mahadevan and Sandborn, 2003), and seldom, if ever, affects familial adenomatous polyposisIPAA patients Patients complain of fecal frequency, and the motions are commonly loose and watery and may ... thyroid, and endometrial) and GI findings (hamartomas of the stomach, SB, and colon and glycogen acanthosis in the esophagus) (Figures 95-4 and 95-5) The hamartomas include juvenile polyps, lipomas, and ... in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease Medicine, Chan, et al 140:157–66, in an editoral by Sandler, and in the chapter on colonic polyps (see Chapter 95, “Colorectal Polyps and Polyposis Syndromes”)...

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... extent and resectability of disease within the liver, and to exclude extrahepatic disease Intraoperative exploration and evaluation of the extent of disease within the abdominal cavity and liver ... Wilson’s disease must be considered in patients below the age of 45 years with unexplained liver disease or cirrhosis, and in patients with neurologic and psychiatric symptoms and evidence of liver disease ... injury, neurologic and psychiatric signs and symptoms, liver failure, and death In patients with fulminant liver failure due to Wilson’s disease or in those with advanced liver disease unresponsive...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 14:22

... diabetes who underwent kidney transplantation: a comparison between kidney- pancreas and kidney- alone transplantation Transplantation 2003;75:1296–301 Fioretto P, Steffes MW, Sutherland DE, et al Reversal ... in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease for HCV in children, 627 with ribavirin for HCV in children, 627 Alpha methyldopa for drug induced liver disease, 689 inducing liver disease, 689 ALT See ... adolescents with Crohn’s disease 806 / Advanced Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease energy intake However, with increased severity of pulmonary disease, increased inflammation and anorexia, patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 14:22

... Fatty Liver Disease: NASH and Related Disorders Fatty Liver Disease: NASH and Related Disorders Edited by Geoffrey C Farrell Director, Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Hospital, ... history, definitional and semantic issues, spectrum and general importance of non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a form of metabolic liver disease in which ... in NASH contribute to liver injury and fibrotic severity of other liver diseases is canvassed in Chapter 23 Importance of NASH Reasons why NASH is an important form of liver disease are summarized...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... alcoholic liver disease (baboon model), liver surgery and transplantation (pig and dog models), pharmacokinetic and nutrition studies In general, however, logistics (including cost) and investigator ... saturation and chain length) and whether the changes in FFA delivery to the liver are acute or long-standing An important pathway regulating a hepatocyte’s ability to handle an increase in FFA delivery ... and the development of a fatty liver We therefore discuss the causes and consequences of IR and how these may lead to a fatty liver and oxidative stress The development of additional ‘hits’ and...

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... severity of liver disease and insulin resistance correlates well with the level of TNF-α in adipose tissue and liver Obese ob/ob mice also overexpress TNF-α in adipose tissue and liver and, like ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease after orthotopic liver transplantation for cryptogenic cirrhosis Liver Transpl 2001; 7: 363–73 89 Ockner RK, Kaikaus RM and Bass NM Fatty acid metabolism and the pathogenesis ... correlated liver disease severity with TNF-α gene expression in adipose and liver tissues of 52 obese patients [14] TNF-α mRNA was overexpressed in adipose tissues and livers of patients with NASH, and...

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... American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Postgraduate Course 2002 Mechanisms of Acute and Chronic Liver Diseases: Implications for Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Treatment AASLD Postgraduate ... other sources (see Chapters 7, and 10) Dysregulation of leptin expression and signalling PPARα and γ expression and signalling Inflammation and release of cytokine and other fibrogenic mediators ... expression and function in humans with obesity and hyperleptinaemia are therefore mandatory to address the leptin paradox, and to exploit it therapeutically PPARα and γ expression and signalling...

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