Cirrhosis with end stage liver disease is a leading cause of non-communicable related deaths in Sri Lanka. Liver transplantation remains the only curative treatment for such patients. Multi-organ dysfunction characteristic disease, surgical and anaesthetic factors, quality graft, coagulopathy haemodynamic instability, all lead to complexity perioperative care transplant. Aggressive management f...

background: hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is the most common cause of end-stage liver disease in iran. more than 70% of cases are negative for the hepatitis b e antigen (hbeag) and have a long-term response to antiviral therapy, as well as a high relapse rate after discontinuing lamivudine or interferon. these features could be due, in part, to genetic variation of the hbv genome. materials...

background: gastrointestinal and liver diseases (gild) constitute a noteworthy portion of causes of death and disability in iran. however, data on their prevalence and burden is sparse in iran. the global burden of disease (gbd) study in 2010 has provided invaluable comprehensive data on the burden of gild in iran methods: estimations of death, years of life lost due to premature death (yll), y...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an aerobic exercise on serum level of liver enzymes and liver echogenicity in patients with non alcoholic fatty liver disease. BACKGROUND Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has different prevalence in various parts of the world. Obesity and low physical activity are main risk factors for the development of NAFLD. PATIENTS AND ME...