Introduction: Bleeding in the upper part of GI tract is a serious condition requiring careful investigation and adequate treatment. The surgical treatment is irreplaceable in the case of unsuccessful conservative treatments. The timing of a surgical intervention in diagnostic-therapeutic algorithm is still controversial, although there are a lot of identification factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffective eradication regimes of Helicobacter pylori infections are nowadays based on administration of a substance with a strong suppressive effect on production of gastric HCl combined with two antibiotics. As suppressor of gastric HCl production unequivocally some drug from the group of proton pump blockers is used. As to antibiotics, in first line therapy the following are recommended: clarithromycin, amoxicillin, metronidazole.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFELISA was elaborated for the determination of antibodies against liver antigen complexes--submitochondrial particles, F1-ATPase and liver specific lipoprotein. The parameters achieved so far allow to use the assay as an undemanding complementary laboratory technique in diagnosing and monitoring hepatopathies of autoimmune origin. Cross reactivity between individual antigen complexes was recorded in the majority of sera from positively reacting patients.
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