fibrosis/vomiting

Between January 1980 and December 1987, ten Saudi Arabian children at Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) health care facilities in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia had cystic fibrosis (CF). The incidence of CF in Saudi Arab children less than or equal to 14 years was 1 in 4243. Five of the ten

A female neonate developed abdominal distension with vomiting. She was suffering from meconium ileus and cystic fibrosis.

Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare chronic inflammatory disease usually involving the ureters, retroperitoneal vessels and nerves; however, any intestinal organ may also be involved. In recent years, a few successful immunosuppressive treatments of this disease have been described and surgery can,

Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease with unspecific symptomatic signs. Mortality rates are high with a 10-year mortality rate of 10 to 20%. We describe a case of a 55 year old woman with retroperitoneal fibrosis and discuss clinical findings, symptomatic signs, diagnosis, and treatment of

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary disease, characterized by chronic pulmonary disease, pancreatic insufficiency and abnormal electrolytes in the sweat. In order to evaluate the clinical manifestations and laboratory findings of Iranian children with CF during a 10-year period, 243 CF patients,

OBJECTIVE Evaluation of diagnostic and treatment procedures in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) operated on because of meconium ileus (MI). METHODS The authors retrospectively reviewed the documentation of 10 CF newborn patients operated on in the years 2000-2014 because of MI. In prenatal

BACKGROUND Cystic fibrosis (CF) can result in distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) due to inspissated mucus. This paper describes the clinicopathological characteristics of adult CF patients with DIOS and assesses risk factors for surgery. METHODS A retrospective audit of CF patients at the

Treatment aimed at achieving an ideal nutritional status is an integral part of the management of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Emphasis is continually placed upon dietary intake and weight. The effects of this on eating behavior and self-perceptions are unclear. This work compared male and

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the rate and examine potential predictors of subsequent anti-reflux procedures in a population undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) insertion. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the pre- and post-operative clinical course of patients undergoing PEG

BACKGROUND Dexmedetomidine (Precedex®)is an agonist of a2-adrenergic receptors in certain parts of the brain. It was approved for "procedural sedation in the non-intubation in under local anesthesia" in June 2013 in Japan. However, because of metabolism delay, dexmedetomidine has to be administered

Prognosis of patients with diabetes mellitus or liver cirrhosis can be worsened by the development of a variety of infectious diseases. We describe a case of psoas abscess and bacterial peritonitis in a 58-year-old woman with type C liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus hospitalized after having an

To determine adverse events of ribavirin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, 41 patients (18 with cirrhosis), treated with ribavirin at an initial dose of 600-1200mg day(-1), were analysed retrospectively (six patients were treated twice because adverse effects during the first treatment

Schistosoma mansoni is highly endemic in the Lake Zone part of Tanzania and most people are chronically infected. Periportal fibrosis (PPF) is the commonest complication of chronic S. mansoni infection documented in up to 42% of studied participants in