Objectives-The study aimed to find the threshold of benefit for a hypothetical cholesterol-lowering
drug below which the subject would not be prepared to take the drug. We also looked …

Thirty-seven of 100 consecutive patients with fulminant hepatic failure had clinical and
radiological evidence of pulmonary edema. None of them had clinical evidence of left heart failure…

In a prospective controlled clinical trial, 108 patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma were
randomly allocated to receive tamoxifen 20 mg bd, cyproteron acetate 100 mg tds or no …

Studies on the incidence and pathophysiology of hypotension in fulminant hepatic failure
showed that 82 out of 94 patients developed arterial hypotension with a systolic blood pressure …

24 patients with fulminant hepatic failure who had deteriorated to grade-IV coma were treated
by repeated periods of hæmodialysis with a polyacrylonitrile membrane. 9 patients fully …

Cerebral edema has now been noted to occur frequently in patients dying of fulminant hepatic
failure. In the present study, intracranial pressure was monitored in an animal model of …

The number of international medical graduates (IMGs) passing the Professional and Linguistic
Assessment Board (PLAB) examination was six times greater in 2004 than in 2000. This …

Six patients who were referred to the liver unit on account of jaundice are described. A
different initial diagnosis has been made in each case, these being fulminant hepatic failure, …

Raised plasma amino acid concentrations have been implicated in the pathogenesis of
hepatic encephalopathy. In the present study the effect of repeated 4- to 6-hr polyacrylonitrile …

A study of splenic function in 28 patients with adult coeliac disease showed no significant
correlation between the half life of heat-damaged red cells and either the duration of pre-…