Clinicians and scientists from Keele and Cardiff universities have published data from a landmark study that explains why survival in patients on peritoneal dialysis is low. The paper, entitled ...
5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX4) as postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) for node-positive rectal cancer after radiochemotherapy (R-CT) and surgery. Background: Inflammatory ...
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 124, Supplement. Second International Symposium on Gentamicin: An Aminoglycoside Antibiotic (Dec., 1971), pp. S77-S83 (7 pages) Seventeen azotemic patients ...
We instinctively shield our abdomen when we are physically threatened, and we may feel vulnerable when someone puts his or her hand on our bare abdomen. Therefore, with an abdominal examination the ...
Tuberculous peritonitis occurs when tuberculosis (TB) spreads to the protective lining of your abdomen. This can cause abdominal pain and swelling, but early antibiotic treatment can help. Tuberculous ...
Through an analysis of cellular components (cell fractions) from malignant ascites (fluid buildup in the abdomen caused by gastric cancer), a research collaboration based in Kumamoto University (Japan ...
Previous studies have shown that the downregulation of parasite-specific cellular immune response in Brugia-infected jirds requires viable worms but is not dependant on microfilariae (MF) for either ...
Note the location, quality, radiation, severity, and timing of the discomfort: Right upper quadrant discomfort suggests cholecystitis (check the Murphy sign), hepatitis, passive congestion, or ...