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Headache and liver disease: is their relationship more apparent than real?

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Headache is regarded by patients as a disturbing (or unpleasant) symptom. It can be produced by either organic diseases or functional head abnormalities. Twenty-five years ago headache was supposed to be a psychosomatic angiospastic algia. Certain unusual forms were thought to be caused by triggers

Intracranial invasive mycosis mimicking hepatic encephalopathy in a patient with cirrhosis.

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A 45-year-old man with alcohol-related decompensated cirrhosis presented with jaundice, fever, headache and altered sensorium. At presentation, he had tachycardia, disorientation to time and place, asterixis, icterus and upgoing plantar response. Investigations showed anaemia, thrombocytopenia,

Elevated phenylacetic acid levels do not correlate with adverse events in patients with urea cycle disorders or hepatic encephalopathy and can be predicted based on the plasma PAA to PAGN ratio.

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BACKGROUND Phenylacetic acid (PAA) is the active moiety in sodium phenylbutyrate (NaPBA) and glycerol phenylbutyrate (GPB, HPN-100). Both are approved for treatment of urea cycle disorders (UCDs) - rare genetic disorders characterized by hyperammonemia. PAA is conjugated with glutamine in the liver

Neurologic, MR imaging, and MR spectroscopic findings in eosinophilia myalgia syndrome.

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OBJECTIVE Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome (EMS), a multisystemic disease induced by exposure to L-tryptophan, may result in serious CNS abnormalities. The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of neurologic characteristics, MR imaging abnormalities, and brain neurometabolites in

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever with hepatic impairment and vaginal hemorrhage: a case report.

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BACKGROUND Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a tick-borne disease described in more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Albania is located in the southwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula. In 1986, the first case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever was registered, and cases of patients

Acute hepatitis a virus infection presenting with multiorgan dysfunction: a case report.

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BACKGROUND Acute hepatitis due to hepatitis a virus is usually a benign self-limiting disease conferring lifelong immunity. However, few cases have been reported in literature with fulminant hepatitis. We report this extremely rare case with multiorgan dysfunction including liver failure, hepatic

Rifaximin: new therapeutic indication and future directions.

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BACKGROUND Rifaximin is a nonabsorbable oral antibiotic that acts locally in the gastrointestinal tract with minimal systemic adverse effects. Rifaximin received new labeling for reduction in the risk of the recurrence of overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in patients with advanced liver disease in

Evidence based medicine and extradigestive manifestations of Helicobacter pylori.

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A putative pathogenetic role has been ascribed to Helicobacter pylori in several extradigestive diseases, including vascular (atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease, primary Raynaud phenomenon, primary headache), autoimmune (Sjögren's syndrome, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, autoimmune thyroiditis,

[Clinical aspects of plasmapheresis therapy in children: single center experience].

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Data concerning 576 plasmapheresis sessions (indications, anticoagulation applied, supplement type and acute complications) in children (mean body weight = 35 kg +/- 15; min 5 kg, max 75 kg) performed between 1990 and 2001 were analysed. METHODS Glomerulonephritis (GN)--185 (32%) (including

EEG in adults in the laboratory or at the patient's bedside.

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Electroencephalogram (EEG) recording in the laboratory lasts at least 20 minutes and uses 19 active electrodes. It includes rest periods, stimulation procedures, a 3-mn hyperventilation period and intermittent photic stimulation (IPS). Recorded at the bedside, the EEG uses at least eight electrodes;

[21-year-old woman with Reye's syndrome after influenza].

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METHODS A 21-year old woman was referred to the hospital because of progressively deteriorating consciousness. Initially agitation and irritability, later confusion and delirium predominated. Previously influenza with high temperature, headache and vomiting had occurred and been treated with

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome during Recovery from Acute Kidney Injury after Hepatitis A Infection.

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The patient was a 25-year-old healthy male who experienced fever, chills, and abdominal pain for 5 days prior to the hospital visit. He was diagnosed with acute hepatitis A, and at admission he presented with anuric acute kidney injury and hepatic encephalopathy. He received continuous renal

Low likelihood of intracranial hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis and altered mental status.

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OBJECTIVE Given the myriad causes of altered mental status (AMS), patients with cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy often present a diagnostic dilemma. In light of the perceived bleeding tendency of patients with cirrhosis, intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is often feared, so these patients frequently

Low-dose melatonin for sleep disturbances in early-stage cirrhosis: A randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial

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Background and aim: Melatonin is used to treat sleep disturbances (SDs). The aim of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of low-dose melatonin for SDs in early-stage cirrhosis. Methods:

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