Identifying Improved and Non-improved Aspects of Health-related Quality of Life After Liver Transplantation Based on the Assessment of the Specific Questionnaire Liver Disease Quality of Life.

Introduction: The specific questionnaire Liver Disease Quality of Life (LDQOL) is a valid tool for measuring quality of life (QOL) and has been used to show that liver transplantation (LT), which is an effective treatment for end-stage liver disease, may improve QOL.

Objectives: This study aims to identify aspects of QOL that improve after LT and those that do not.

Patients And Methods: Patients accepted for LT were invited to answer the LDQOL at baseline and after transplantation at 6 and 12 months.

Suspected outbreak of riboflavin deficiency among populations reliant on food assistance: a case study of drought-stricken Karamoja, Uganda, 2009-2010.

Background: In 2009, a humanitarian response was launched to address a food security and livelihoods crisis in Karamoja, Uganda. During a polio immunization campaign in mid-August 2009, health workers in Nakapiripit District reported a concern about an increase in mouth sores, or angular stomatitis (AS) and gum ulcerations, among children in one village, and an investigation was launched.

Objective: This article describes the investigation, lessons learned, and provides guidance for monitoring micronutrient deficiencies among populations receiving food assistance.