Liver disease: current perspectives on medical and dental management.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Liver disease: Current perspectives on medical and dental management Keerthi Golla, DMD, Joel B. Epstein, DMD, MSD, FRCD(C), and Robert J. Cabay, MD, DDS, Chicago, Ill UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2004;98:516-21) Dr. Donald Falace recently decided to retire from the position as editor of the Medical Management Update feature of the Journal. We were fortunate to have one of the world’s pre-eminent authorities on the medical management of the dental patient overseeing this section.
منابع مشابه
Down Syndrome: Current Status, Challenges and Future Perspectives
Down syndrome (DS) is a birth defect with huge medical and social costs, caused by trisomy of whole or part of chromosome 21. It is the most prevalent genetic disease worldwide and the common genetic cause of intellectual disabilities appearing in about 1 in 400-1500 newborns. Although the syndrome had been described thousands of years before, it was named after John Langdon Down who described ...
متن کاملRecurrence of fatty liver disease following liver transplantation for NAFLD-related cirrhosis: Current status and challenges
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is emerging as a major health problem worldwide. NAFLD is a continuum of disease ranging from mild liver steatosis to severe steatohepatitis, which will ultimately lead to end-stage liver disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. This disorder is considered as a silent liver disease. The metabolic syndrome and its components are accounted as the ...
متن کاملPerformance Evaluation of Hospitals in Shiraz, Iran Based on Medical Professional Ethics During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Objective The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to many visits of patients to medical centers which has subsequently affected the performance evaluation of hospitals. One of the important non-financial performance measures is medical professional ethics. This study aims to evaluate the performance and rank the hospitals in Shiraz, Iran based on medical professional ethics ...
متن کاملبررسی میزان آگاهی دانشجویان دندان پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مازندران از بیماری هپاتیت B در سال 91
Background & Objectives: Hepatitis B is a primary viral infection of the liver, which could be transferred through saliva and blood. Hepatitis B is highly transmissible therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the awareness about this disease among dental students of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in 2012-2013. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on al...
متن کاملClinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Background & Objective: Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) is the major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma and increases the risk of mortality. Understanding the trends of its clinical and biochemical changes is essential to identify patients with NAFLD that are at the greatest risk of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis in Iran. M...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
دوره 98 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004