oral ulcer/obesity

Purpose To conduct a pilot prospective clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and short-term efficacy of bariatric embolization, a recently developed endovascular procedure for the treatment of obesity, in patients with severe obesity. Materials and Methods This is an institutional

BACKGROUND HIV infection and malnutrition negatively reinforce each other. OBJECTIVE For program guidance, to review evidence on the relationship of HIV infection and malnutrition in adults in resource-limited settings. CONCLUSIONS Adequate nutritional status supports immunity and physical

In the control of acute rejection, attention is being focused more and more on the long-term adverse effects of the immunosuppressive agents used. Since cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in renal transplant recipients, optimal control of cardiovascular risk factors is essential in

A systematic review of clinical trials investigating the safety and efficacy of left gastric artery (LGA) embolization as a bariatric procedure was performed. The Methodological Index for Nonrandomized Studies (MINORS) instrument was used for quality assessment. Patient characteristics, weight loss

Conversion from a calcineurin-inhibitor-based immunosuppression to a rapamycin-based immunosuppression may preserve kidney graft function. The side effects of rapamycin can limit its usefulness, but their management and evolution are rarely reported in clinical trials. We performed a retrospective

BACKGROUND HIV infection and malnutrition negatively reinforce each other. OBJECTIVE For program guidance, to review evidence on the relationship of HIV infection and malnutrition in adults in resource-limited settings. CONCLUSIONS Adequate nutritional status supports immunity and physical

Two types of transplants are offered to patients with complicated insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: a) whole pancreas transplantation, b) pancreatic islet transplantation. A total of 29000 whole pancreas transplantations and 1500 islet transplantations have been performed worldwide until today.

The aims of this study were to describe the long-term nutrition, body weight and body image issues facing survivors of Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) and their impact on quality of life. It also describes survivors' perception of enteral feeding during BMT. Four hundred and forty-one

OBJECTIVE To compare the incidence and risk factors for thromboembolic events in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients of different ethnic backgrounds. METHODS SLE patients who were newly diagnosed or were referred within 6 months of diagnosis between 1996 and 2002 were prospectively followed