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Probiotics as Alternative Therapy for Psychometric Disorders in Hepatic Encephalopathy

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2020
Aim: To identify whether probiotics have the same effectiveness as lactulose in improving the results of psychometric testing in patients with hepatic encephalopathy. Method: Literature Searching were performed on Pubmed, EBSCOhost, Scopus, and Cochrane
Bany Faris Amin, Irfan Kresnadi, Vannessa Karenina, GM Yudi Prasetia A, Trivani Putri, Juferdy Kurniawan   +5 more
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Unveiling Gut Homeostasis Disruption in Sepsis: Towards an Integrated Mechanistic and Translational Roadmap

Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.
Elucidating the contribution of gut‐organ axes will provide new insights for developing combined therapeutic strategies against sepsis‐associated multiple organ dysfunction. ABSTRACT Sepsis, a life‐threatening clinical syndrome precipitated by a maladaptive host response to infection, is associated with substantial morbidity and high mortality rates ...
Yichen Bao, Lin Qi, Guijun Zou, Xingpeng Yang, Yizhao Ma, Zhifu Li, Xiaohui Du, Pengyue Zhao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medication Reconciliation in Outpatient Psychiatry: An Indicator of Communication With Primary Care? A Quantitative Descriptive Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To quantify medication discrepancies between an outpatient psychiatric service and general practitioners in northern France, and investigate general practitioner identification in psychiatric records. Design Quantitative, exploratory, retrospective, descriptive, monocentric study.
Gwladys Acoulon, Camille Vincent, Sixtine Brenek, Stéphane Duhem, Cédric Bachellez, Maxime Bubrovszky   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guideline for Medication Management of Distressing Symptoms in Older Patients Receiving End‐of‐Life Palliative Care

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Older patients receiving end‐of‐life palliative care often present with multiple geriatric syndromes, frailty, and comorbid symptom burden, resulting in a high risk of medication‐related harm. This guideline focuses on pharmacological management of distressing symptoms in older patients receiving end‐of‐life or hospice‐oriented palliative care,
Daiping Li, Yanwu Yang, Yan Zhang, Jirong Yue, Birong Dong, Meiling Ge, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University   +7 more
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EVALUATION OF EFFICACY OF RIFAXIMIN IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS

Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background: Cirrhosis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. It is also a frequent cause of hospital admissions. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of rifaximin and lactulose versus lactulose alone for the treatment
Hafsa Habib, Dur-e- Nayab, Zafar Hayat, Shahid Jamil, Habibullah Khan   +4 more
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Betwixt playing the waiting game and waiting in vain: Temporal governance and the thin alignment of care under universal health coverage in Kenya

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article investigates how Kenyan citizens access healthcare within the framework of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) reforms. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, it reconceptualizes waiting as a politically structured phenomenon rather than a simple delay. The analysis shows that UHC reforms do not eliminate waiting but instead redistribute it,
Edwin Ambani Ameso
wiley   +1 more source

Of mice and men—The emerging oral–gut–brain axis of health and disease

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Oral health's inextricable links to systemic health are highlighted by the emerging oral–gut–brain axis and other well‐known axes. There is growing evidence of a complex oral–gut–brain axis linking mouth and gut microbiomes with the central nervous system.
Yvonne L. Hernandez‐Kapila, Daniel J. Weisenberger   +1 more
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Effects of inulin and lactulose on the intestinal morphology of calves

Animal, 2010
For some time now prebiotics have been proposed to improve health by stimulation of beneficial bacteria in the intestine of humans and animals. The current study is aiming to show effects of feeding of either 2% inulin or 2% lactulose in milk replacer on
S. Masanetz, N. Wimmer, C. Plitzner, E. Limbeck, W. Preißinger, M.W. Pfaffl   +5 more
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Outcomes of a Routine Screening Protocol to Prevent Metamycoplasma and Ureaplasma Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
This study analyzed outcomes of an early Mollicute (Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma spp.) screening protocol using BAL PCR with preemptive treatment and ammonia monitoring in lung transplant recipients. This appears to be a practical and reasonably effective approach for preventing early Mollicute infection and hyperammonemia syndrome.
Lalithaa Thirunavukarasu Murugan, Anika Sasidharan Nair, Marie M. Budev, Maureen Converse, Nabin K. Shrestha, Christine E. Koval   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A RANDOMISED TRIAL OF LIQUID PARAFFIN VERSUS LACTULOSE IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION IN CHILDREN [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2007
Liquid paraffin has been suggested as a good laxative comparing to lactulose as a treatment option in pediatric constipation. This study was performed to compare liquid paraffin with lactulose in pediatric constipation. A total of 247 patients (127 males
F. Farahmand
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