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Specific aims of this study : 1. To examine the influences of acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage on the serological or urinary level of novel renal biomarkers in patients with cirrhosis. 2. To investigate the ability of novel biomarkers to predict the development of acute kidney injury and the

The following data will be collected: Demographics information: age, gender, race, country of birth (COB). Data on liver and virological characteristics: Hepatitis C virus(HCV) genotype, fibrosis stage (F0-4), technology of fibrosis assessment (fibroscan, fibrotest, elastography, biopsy), ,

TITLE: Moderate Versus Aggressive Fluid Therapy in Patients with Mild to Moderate Acute Pancreatitis BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESES In the United States, acute pancreatitis results in more than 200,000 hospital admissions each year and has an associated mortality of 5%. While protease inhibitors,

1.0 BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESES Post endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis is defined as the development of epigastric pain radiating to the back accompanied by either an increase in the pancreatic enzymes (amylase and lipase) to greater than three times the upper limit of

For ovarian cancer, colorectal and gastric cancers presenting with peritoneal metastases, complete tumor removal at surgery is the most important independent prognostic factor. Consequently, accurate detection of tumors often compromising resectability, like extra-abdominal metastases, liver

Due to their easy accessibility, pleural effusions and ascites are two important clinical sources of metastatic cancer cells, which upon isolation, permit comparative studies between the biology nature of primary tumor and metastatic ones. In this study, we will try to isolate cancer cells from

Summary We will perform a 2 year double blind, placebo controlled trial of doxycycline in 40 patients with LAM. The main endpoints will be change in FEV1, other measures of efficacy, safety and dose required to suppress MMP activity. After clinical evaluation, lung function, shuttle walk, QoL