obstructive jaundice


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obstructive jaundice

[əb′strək·tiv ′jȯn·dəs]
(medicine)
Jaundice caused by mechanical obstruction of the biliary passages, preventing the outflow of bile.
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Obstructive jaundice is caused by the blockage of any duct that carries bile from liver to gallbladder or from gall bladder to small intestine.
Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreatography in evaluation of obstructive jaundice
Keywords: Acute pancreatitis, Cholangiopancreatography, Obstructive jaundice, Risk factors.
FREQUENCY AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS FOR ACUTE PANCREATITIS AFTER ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE
Weight loss and tardiness in movement was observed in the groups with obstructive jaundice.
Preventing oxygen free radical damage by proanthocyanidin in obstructive jaundice
Superoxide radical formation in diverse organs of rats with experimentally induced obstructive jaundice.
Nesfatin-1 alleviates extrahepatic cholestatic damage of liver in rats
The "jaundiced heart": A possible explanation for postoperative shock in obstructive jaundice.
Plasma BNP level combined with surgical Apgar score to predict operative major cardiac adverse events in malignant obstructive jaundice patients
Gallstones present with biliary colic, acute cholecystitis, gallstone pancreatitis and obstructive jaundice related to choledocolithiasis or Mirizzi syndrome.
Outcomes in laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a resource constrained environment
Obstructive jaundice as the first clinical manifestation of a metastatic malignant melanoma in the ampulla of vater.
Metastatic melanoma of ampulla of vater presenting as obstructive jaundice: case report with literature review
Background: Obstructive jaundice is a condition caused by blockage of the flow of bile out of the liver.
Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography correlation in patients with obstructive jaundice
Clinical manifestation depends primarily on localization and size of hepatic lesion and may include hepatomegaly, obstructive jaundice or cholangitis [4 ].
Asymptomatic hepatic echinococcosis. A case report
Lantana poisoning affected cattle may suffer with obstructive jaundice and photosensitisation, with a rise in serum AST and ALT activity and renal xanthine oxidase activity which is manifested as elevated BUN and creatinine levels (Sharma et al.
Dermatitis due to lantana toxicity and its management--a report of eight cattle
A secondary form of MPO deficiency has been described in various disorders, including lead poisoning, severe infections, neuronal lipofuscinosis, obstructive jaundice, diabetes mellitus, and such disseminated cancers as acute and chronic myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, and Hodgkin's lymphoma (1), (2), (4).
Myeloperoxidase deficiency: the secret under the flag of unstained cell / Myeloperoksidaz Eksikligi, Boyanmamis Hucre Bayragi Altindaki Gizem
A randomized, placebocontrolled study of 30 human patients undergoing surgical intervention for malignant obstructive jaundice revealed that pretreatment with Tinospora cordifolia completely prevented septicemia (a life-threatening infection of the blood), normalized the debris removal and killing capacities of the immune system's white blood cells (neutrophils), and resulted in a postoperative survival rate of 92.
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