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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 requires hospitalization in a significant amount of patients. The hospitalization rate and disease severity increases in the elderly and patients with comorbidities such as diabetes, arterial hypertension, lung pathologies and obesity (Garg et
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a disease caused by abnormal lipid accumulation in the liver without alcohol intake or other organic causes. NAFLD covers a range of liver diseases ranging from simple oil infiltration to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis and cirrhosis. The
1. Background and objectives:
Coronavirus infection 2019 (COVID-19), linked to the SARS-Cov-2 virus, is rapidly spreading worldwide. After the city of Wuhan and the province of Hubei, European healthcare systems are facing an outbreak of seriously ill patients, but few are fully equipped to manage
Scenario Multicenter study of patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 in different institutions in Latin America and directed by the Coronavirus and Liver interest group of the Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver (ALEH), coordinated by Dr. Marcelo Silva. This project has been
The primary aim is to assess the safety of ketogenic diet as compared to standard of care approach for weight loss in patients with compensated cirrhosis due to NASH. The safety endpoints captured in the study include liver decompensation events, measured through several questionnaires, fasting
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in the world and a major public health issue in the US (1) (2). Epidemiologic studies assessing the prevalence of NAFLD in the general population have been largely based on NHANES surveys between 1988 and
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate and compare overall survival (OS) in patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with perioperative fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, leucovorin calcium and oxaliplatin (modified [m]FOLFIRINOX) and surgery versus up-front surgery followed by
Primary Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Dapagliflozin, an inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2, on cardiovascular Cardiomyopathy, morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Secondary Objective: Change in the fibrosis and oxidative stress
Ultrasound (US) is currently used for HCC surveillance. However, US has certain limitations, so physicians use contrast CT or MRI. However, these are expensive and time-consuming procedures. We introduced an abbreviated MRI (AMRI) exam, which works well in cirrhotic and obese patients (unlike US),
With the increasing prevalence of obesity, diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome in the general population, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common cause of chronic liver disease. NAFLD refers to a wide spectrum of liver damage, ranging from simple steatosis to
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by the excessive accumulation of triglycerides in the liver and is often associated, in the absence of significant alcohol consumption, to insulin resistance and to the metabolic syndrome of which it shares the most frequent clinical