Publications by authors named "J A Kamel"
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- Bioengineered livers are being studied as alternatives to traditional liver transplants, addressing donor shortages, but they face issues like thrombosis due to incomplete endothelial layers.
- This study focuses on applying heparin to decellularized liver scaffolds to improve blood compatibility, cell adhesion, and new blood vessel formation.
- Results showed that heparin not only reduced blood clotting and increased cell attachment but also significantly enhanced the growth of blood vessels in the scaffolds when tested in mice.
Introduction Cholestasis in hospitalized patients receiving opiates has the potential to have devastating outcomes including acalculous cholecystitis, sepsis, or even death. In this study, we evaluate the outcomes of trauma patients treated with methylnaltrexone. Methods We conducted the study at Desert Regional Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center in Palm Springs, California.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSecondary prostate cancer typically occurs from direct seeding of a renal or bladder tumor. Metastasis via hematogenous spread is exceedingly rare and is typically identified incidentally at autopsy. This report describes a 72-year-old male with lung adenocarcinoma initially staged as Stage IA2 who developed oligometastatic disease of the prostate.
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