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The term "mucositis" was introduced to describe inflammation of the oral mucosa induced by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation. At present, oral mucositis is considered to be the most serious non-hematological complication of cancer treatment.
Numerous predisposing factors
Globally, the mortality after any infection in cirrhosis patients is very high. The cumulative mortality in patients with infections was 43.5% (11,987 patients) where as the mortality rate without infection was 13.6% (2317 patients). Over the years, variceal bleeding causing death in cirrhosis has
BACKGROUND Iron deficiency(ID) causes approximately half of all anemia cases worldwide, a moderate degree of iron-deficiency anemia(IDA) affected approximately 610 million people worldwide or 8.8% of the population. It is slightly more common in female (9.9%) than males (7.8%). In 2013, anemia due
Recruitment of subjects:
24 obese (but otherwise healthy) participants with elevated cytokine levels and 24 non-obese subjects with normal cytokine levels will be recruited. Following the first experimental visit (see below), participants will be divided in a double-blind fashion into four groups
Myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs) are clonal hematologic diseases characterized by the excess production of one or more lineages of mature blood cells, a predisposition to bleeding and thrombotic complications, extramedullary hematopoiesis, and a variable progression to acute leukemia. The
Background. With a reported incidence of up to 70%, liver failure is the most frequent complication necessitating intensive care and prolonging hospital stay. Animal studies suggest that the glycogen content of the liver is a key regulator of liver function and that glycogen depletion, a mandatory
We will study patients with severe burns, defined as 2nd or 3rd degree burn covering >40% of total body surface area (TBSA). We propose to study burned children from Shriners Burns Hospital. The Shriners census is such that approximately 50 children with severe burns are treated every year. We will