Management of Portal Hypertensi ...
Management of portal hypertension in children has evolved over the past several decades. Portal hypertension can result from intrahepatic or extrahe ...
Primary Prevention of Variceal ...
Variceal hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of death in patients with cirrhosis, with the 6-weekmortality after each episode ranging from 15% t ...
Candidemia in the Pediatric Int ...
Candida species bloodstream infections have been associated with high morbidity and mortality, especially in patients hospitalized in a pediatric in ...
Sporotrichosis Treatment: Overv ...
Sporotrichosis, caused by several species from the genus Sporothrix, mainly affects men working in agricultural labor. It is reported mostly from en ...
Invasive Candidiasis in the Neu ...
Invasive candidiasis (IC) is an important complication among cancer patients with neutropenia, as it is associated with significant mortality. Despi ...
Malassezia Species: A Rare Caus ...
The members of Malassezia species, which may cause skin disorders in healthy individuals, are associated with both cutaneous and systemic disorders ...
Invasive Candidiasis in Patient ...
Implantable device infections are an important cause of invasive candidiasis and carry high rates of morbidity and mortality. Central vascular acces ...
Persistent Candidemia: Causes a ...
Persistent candidemia refers to the continued isolation of the same Candida species in the blood of a candidemic patient. Its incidence and clinical ...
The Use of Biomaterials in Isle ...
Pancreatic islet transplantation is a therapeutic option to replace destroyed â cells in autoimmune diabetes. Islets are transplanted into the liver ...
Origins of and Recognition of M ...
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery remains the major surgical option for individuals with medically complicated obesity. The importance of preoperativ ...
Resistant Hypertension in the H ...
The metabolic syndrome is a constellation of metabolic and vascular abnormalities that include insulin resistance with compensatory hyperinsulinemia ...
Sonographic Evaluation and the ...
Sonography is a fundamental tool in the management of pregnancies affected by maternal diabetes. Purposeful use of ultrasound in each trimester prov ...
Molecular Markers of Chemothera ...
Personalized medicine appears to be the inevitable consequence of improvements in our understanding of the mechanisms of action of chemotherapeutic ...
Why and How Should We Measure t ...
The multimodal treatment of rectal cancer is a major challenge to the clinicians and implies a significant risk of long-term consequences for the pa ...
One Size Does Not Fit All: Plan ...
The optimal clinical target volume (CTV) in preoperative radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy for resectable rectal cancer prior to total mesorectal e ...
The Feasibility and Role of Lap ...
The use of the laparoscopic approach for the treatment of rectal tumors remains controversial. This review summarizes all the published level 1 and ...
A New Era of Fibers in the Prev ...
Several studies have indicated a role for diet in the etiology of colorectal cancer. Dietary fibers are a heterogeneous group of compounds consistin ...
Prevention by Aspirin of Colore ...
In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), 272 patients were assigned to lysine acetylsalicylate 160 mg/day (n=73) or 300 mg/day (n=67) or placebo (n=1 ...
Technical Advances in Getting t ...
Clinical demand for colonoscopy has increased with the introduction of colorectal cancer screening worldwide. The goal is a complete, comfortable, a ...
Genetic Evaluation of Polyposis
There is substantial ongoing work in elucidating the genetics of colorectal cancer (CRC). In this article, the state of the art and clinical applica ...
The Global Burden of Tobacco Us ...
Tobacco use is a risk factor for cardiovascular, cancer, and respiratory mortality. To determine deaths attributable to tobacco, the smoking impact ...
Considerations Regarding Antipl ...
Adults over the age of 65 years represent more than half of the patients living with heart disease in the United States. However, the majority of th ...
Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, a ...
There is evidence supporting that type 2 diabetes, either per se or through the concurrence of other factors and chronic conditions like obesity, co ...
The Incretin System and Cardiov ...
Incretins, such as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), are gut peptides that stimulate insulin secretion. Incretintargeted therapeutics for type 2 diab ...
Systems Biology Approaches for ...
Systems biology is an emerging field that offers promise in exploring the inter-connectivity and causality between biological pathways. This review ...