Pharmacy Students' Lived Experiences of Academic Difficulty and Tinto's Theory of Student Departure.

To understand students' lived experiences of academic difficulty in pharmacy school in relation to Tinto's conceptual schema of student departure. A descriptive, single case study design was chosen to explore academic difficulty in pharmacy school, and the unit of analysis (case) in this study was the experience of academic difficulty. Four students who had experienced academic difficulty in pharmacy school were recruited to participate in the study.

Phenytoin-induced chronic liver enzyme elevation and hepatic fibrosis: A case report.

Background: Liver fibrosis results from chronic damage to the liver. Advanced liver fibrosis results in cirrhosis, liver failure, and portal hypertension and may even require liver transplantation. A liver biopsy is considered the "gold standard" method for the assessment of liver fibrosis; however, ultrasonography can also detect changes in the hepatic parenchyma due to fibrosis.