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Hospital malnutrition: a prospective evaluation of patients during hospitalisation
(1991)
Nutritional Status of 89 patients was assessed during their course of hospitalisation. All patients consumed diet deficit in protein and calories. The mean daily intake of calories was 819 +/- 425 Kcals and of protein was ...
Diagnostic utility of ultrasonography in hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction in a tropical country.
(1991)
The present study was undertaken to define the role of ultrasonography (US) in screening and diagnosis of hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction. Forty-five consecutive patients clinically suspected to have hepatic venous ...
Hepatitis C virus infection is the major cause of severe liver disease in India
(1991)
The present study describes the status of hepatitis C virus infection in 167 patients with severe forms of liver diseases in India. The anti-HCV positivity rate was recorded as 43%, 47%, and 42% in patients with FHF, SAHF, ...
Case report: unusual CT appearances in a case of Budd-Chiari syndrome.
(1991)
We describe a case of Budd-Chiari Syndrome due to hepatic venous blockage in which there were multiple space-occupying lesions on CT simulating tumour deposits. Ultrasound directed liver biopsy and laparoscopy proved these ...
Treating bleeding peptic ulcer with sustained achlorhydria
(1991)
A controlled randomized study and a subsequent prospective therapeutic trial have demonstrated the efficacy of an intensive therapy comprising hourly intravenous injections of 100 mg of cimetidine along with a continuous ...
Constrictive pericarditis masquerading as Budd-Chiari syndrome
(1991)
Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) and constrictive pericarditis (CP) share many common clinical features. Over the last year we encountered three patients in whom CP clinically mimicked BCS. Two of the three did not even have ...
The role of sustained achlorhydria in bleeding peptic ulcer.
(1991)
Twenty-five patients with bleeding peptic ulcers were randomized to receive either ranitidine 50 mg 8 hourly i.v. (control group) or a continuous nasogastric antacid infusion at the rate of 0.5 ml/min along with an i.v. ...