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Filter by:The goal of this physiological study is to compare albumin catabolic rate measured by a stable isotope labeled amino acid in healthy volunteers and in patients with liver disease. At steady state synthesis and catabolism or degradation are equal. The primary questions it aims to answer are: - Is albumin catabolic rate lower in patients with liver disease? - Is albumin catabolic rate measured by stable isotopes in volunteers like historical controls measured by radio-iodinated albumin at the investigator's laboratory or elsewhere? Subjects will be given an oral dose of the deuterium labeled amino acid phenylalanine that will be incorporated by the liver in newly synthetized albumin molecules, and blood samples will be taken over 12 weeks to determine the catabolic rate of albumin.
Patient Registry aiming to provide regional evidence documenting the clinical merit of EUS (Endoscopic_ Ultrasound) guided liver biopsy, per local standard of practice, in patients with suspected liver disease indicated for an endoscopic intervention and a liver biopsy.
LIVEROBOT is a collaboration of high-volume liver surgical centers in Europe (≥60 liver resections per year), supported by the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Education Committee (E-AHPBA), and the European Registry of Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery (E-MILS) aiming to support the step-up implementation and safety of advanced surgical expertise of robotic liver surgery (RLS) on a European basis. The LIVEROBOT training program aims to promote the safe implementation of RLS throughout Europe. The data from all patients operated on during a surgeons' participation in the training program will be prospectively gathered allowing for learning curve and outcome analyses.
Non invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis and steatosis in type 2 diabetic patient in Assiut University hospitals
Adverse drug events (ADE) are common and dangerous in the hospital and following discharge to the ambulatory setting. One cause of ADEs in both settings is medication regimen inappropriateness, including polypharmacy, drug-drug interactions, and medications that are inappropriate or inappropriately dosed given patients' age, renal, and hepatic function. Hospitalization provides a good opportunity to investigate medication appropriateness given new or worsening conditions and available expertise. Inpatient pharmacists are medication experts and often round with medical teams, but they may not always have all the information available at their fingertips to make optimal recommendations regarding medication appropriateness for each patient. Clinical decision support to pharmacists at the point of care has potential to improve the speed, quantity, and quality of medication recommendations to inpatient teams; any subsequent improvements to medication regimen appropriateness have the potential to reduce ADEs in the hospital and after discharge. Specific Aims and Objectives Aim 1: Implement real-time decision support regarding medication regimen appropriateness among pharmacists who round with inpatient medical teams. Aim 2: Determine the effects of this intervention on the number of medication regimen recommendations and time spent per recommendation Aim 3: Evaluate the use and usability of the decision support tool and develop strategies to mitigate barriers and promote facilitators of implementation using mixed methods implementation science approaches.
This research study is evaluating a program that entails home-based care for people with advanced liver disease.
The purpose of this study is to explore the multiple-dose regimen of recombinant human thrombopoietin (rhTPO) injection for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic liver disease.
The main objective of the study is to determine the diagnostic performances of an ultraportable diagnostic ultrasound system for the assessment of liver fibrosis severity in patients with NASH, and to compare them to other non-invasive tests.
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and the clinical impact of Orthohepevirus C infection in different human populations, and to determine its zoonotic origin comparing the sequences obtained in both human and animal populations. This is an ambispective study where Orthohepevirus C infection will be evaluated in four high risk human population: i) patients with acute hepatitis, ii) patients with positive IgM antibody against Hepatitis E virus infection with undetectable viral load, iii) HIV infected individuals, and iv) solid organ transplant recipients. Furthermore, we will analyze three animal populations: i) suburban rodents, ii) domestic rodents, iii) wild carnivores. Viral sequences identified in both human and animal populations will be compared to evaluate the zoonotic origin of the infections.
This project will determine the incidence of sexual dysfunction in patients with chronic liver disease, through questionnaires. The questionnaires have been designed to assess several facets of sexual health, e.g. libido, physical symptoms, depression, etc. 150 patients in our liver outpatient department, and 150 healthy volunteers will be asked to fill in the questionnaire in paper form. The results of this project will be used to produce patient resources, advice sheets and educational materials for patients with chronic liver disease. There is also scope to consider possible interventions in the future to improve sexual dysfunction in patients with chronic liver disease.