Acute Liver Failure - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap25 Nov 2016 9:20 AM ISTAcute Liver Failure (ALF) is defined as acute hepatitis (elevation in AST/ALT) accompanied by elevation in INR >1.5 and any degree of mental...
Seven year boy with Wilson's Disease gets Liver Transplant at Apollo Hospital supriya kashyap kashyap11 Feb 2017 1:25 PM ISTHyderabad: A seven-year-old boy, suffering from a rare genetic disorder Wilson s disease and acute Liver failure has been operated upon by Transplant...
Text-Messaging prevents alcohol relapse in Liver-Transplant Candidates Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 March 2018 7:10 PM ISTA liver transplant is an operation that replaces a patient's diseased liver with a whole or partial healthy liver from another person.Liver failure...
New liver transplant technology to replace cold preservation technique Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 May 2018 7:20 PM ISTA new state-of-the-art liver transplant technology will replace the cold preservation technique and keep liver alive up to 24 hours after it has been...
Avoid fructose-containing formulas in infants with hereditary fructose intolerance Medha Baranwal Baranwal20 May 2018 7:10 PM ISTInfants with hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI) have a high risk of developing life-threatening acute liver failure if they are fed with widely...
Terlipressin more effective than noradrenaline in patients with hepatorenal syndrome Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 Sept 2018 7:10 PM ISTInfusion of terlipressin in acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) patients with hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI) resulted in...
Common painkiller increases stroke risk in elderly Diabetes patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli3 April 2019 7:20 PM ISTCommon painkiller Acetaminophen increases stroke risk in elderly patients with Diabetes.A team of researchers has found that there was a higher risk...
Magnetic resonance therapy aid liver cell regeneration and reduce need for surgery Hina Zahid18 April 2019 7:02 PM ISTThe incidence of liver diseases is on the rise considering that there has been a widespread increase in the rates of alcohol consumption. Alcoholic...
Standard dose of Paracetamol associated with liver injury in Dengue: Lancet Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 April 2019 8:10 PM ISTEven recommended paracetamol dose may cause liver injury in Dengue, finds a study appearing in the Lancet.Paracetamol is the recommended antipyretic...
FDA approves first ever Hepatitis C treatment for pediatric patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli30 April 2019 7:22 PM ISTFDA approves first ever Hepatitis C treatment for pediatric patients.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Mavyret (glecaprevir and...
Type 2 diabetes increases risk of fatty liver disease, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli13 May 2019 8:20 PM ISTIncreased blood sugar in Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and considered a major...
Drug-induced liver injury: EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 May 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) has released clinical practice guidelines for drug-induced liver injury.Idiosyncratic...
