Correction to: Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL): an update.

The article Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL): an update, written by [Shiv Sarin], was originally published electronically on the publisher's internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on June 06, 2019 without open access.

Pruritus Associated With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Comprehensive Literature Review.

The prevalence of pruritus in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients has varied over the years, and some studies suggest the prevalence may be coming down with more effective dialysis. Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP), previously called uremic pruritus, is a distressing symptom experienced by patients with mainly advanced chronic kidney disease. CKD-aP is associated with poor quality of life, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, and increased mortality.

Assessment of physicians' knowledge to combat obesity in Bangladesh.

Objective: Physicians need to play a proactive role to combat obesity and its associated comorbidities. The present survey was conducted to assess the awareness, knowledge, practice and attitude of the physicians in Bangladesh in the prevention and management of obesity.

Methods: Three hundred physicians were randomly selected from a medical university, a government medical college and a private medical college in Bangladesh to be included in this survey.

Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL): an update.

The first consensus report of the working party of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) set up in 2004 on acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) was published in 2009. With international groups volunteering to join, the "APASL ACLF Research Consortium (AARC)" was formed in 2012, which continued to collect prospective ACLF patient data. Based on the prospective data analysis of nearly 1400 patients, the AARC consensus was published in 2014.

Manifestations of Atypical Symptoms of Chikungunya during the Dhaka Outbreak (2017) in Bangladesh.

Chikungunya (CHIK) has emerged as a major public health concern worldwide. Recently, atypical manifestations are drawing special attention because these might be associated with various complications. Information on atypical manifestations of CHIK is still limited.

Comparison between Carbetocin and Oxytocin in Active Management of 3rd Stage of Labour in Preventing Post Partum Hemorrhage.

The third stage of labour is considered to be the most critical part of child birth due to the risk of post partum haemorrhage (PPH). To compare the effectiveness of carbetocin and oxytocin in the management of 3rd stage of labour in preventing post partum hemorrhage, this experimental clinical trial was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Salimulla Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh from January 2015 to June 2016. Three hundred women undergoing normal vaginal delivery were consecutively enrolled.

Comparative Study of Alginate and Omeprazole in Symptomatic Treatment of Non-erosive Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is widely reported most prevalent disease of the gastrointestinal tract. The burden of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is increasing in Asia and the majority of patients have non-erosive reflux disease. This prospective, open label, non random (consecutive), experimental study was performed due to compare the therapeutic efficacy of alginate and omeprazole in relieving symptoms of non erosive reflux disease (NERD) and was carried out in the Outpatient Department of Gastroenterology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh from December 2013 to May 2014.

Psycho-rheumatic Integration in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Insight into Antibodies Causing Neuropsychiatric Changes.

The main purpose of this paper is to bring together all the antibodies and markers related to neurological and psychiatric manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus and also the pharmacology that could help treat these symptoms. Existing research data regarding specific antibodies involved in the disease process and drugs that were being studied was collected and analyzed. After reviewing the studies published by various authors, symptoms were shown to be mainly caused by antibodies against N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antibodies, anti-endothelial, anti-ribosomal P, antiphospholipid antibodies, cytokines like interferons and chemokines.

Iceberg of workplace violence in health sector of Bangladesh.

Objectives: 'Negligence of Physicians' and 'Wrong Treatment' have become commonly-used phrases in print and electronic media of Bangladesh, while violence against healthcare workers has always been under-reported. Unfortunately, there is little evidence regarding physical violence against healthcare workers, while there is no data on the magnitude of psychological violence. The objective of this study was to quantify and explore the magnitude of workplace violence in health sector of Bangladesh to guide future research and adopt preventive policies.

Financing health care in Bangladesh: Policy responses and challenges towards achieving universal health coverage.

Bangladesh has attained notable progress in most of the health indicators, but still, health system of the country is suffering badly from poor funding. Issues like burden of out-of-pocket expenditure, low per capita share in health, inadequate service facilities, and financial barriers in reducing malnutrition are being overlooked due to inadequacy and inappropriate utilization of allocated funds. We aimed to review the current status of health care spending in Bangladesh in response to national health policy (NHP) and determine the future challenges towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC).

A Ketogenic Diet Improves Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Bioenergetics via the PGC1α-SIRT3-UCP2 Axis.

A ketogenic diet (KD; high-fat, low-carbohydrate) can benefit refractory epilepsy, but underlying mechanisms are unknown. We used mice inducibly expressing a mutated form of the mitochondrial DNA repair enzyme UNG1 (mutUNG1) to cause progressive mitochondrial dysfunction selectively in forebrain neurons. We examined the levels of mRNAs and proteins crucial for mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics.

Chikungunya outbreak (2017) in Bangladesh: Clinical profile, economic impact and quality of life during the acute phase of the disease.

Background: Chikungunya virus causes mosquito-transmitted infection that leads to extensive morbidity affecting substantial quality of life. Disease associated morbidity, quality of life, and financial loss are seldom reported in resources limited countries, such as Bangladesh. We reported the acute clinical profile, quality of life and consequent economic burden of the affected individuals in the recent chikungunya outbreak (May to September 2017) in Dhaka city, Bangladesh.

Review of Uterine Sling after Five Years of Operation in a 40 Years Lady.

Uterine sling is a operation, done with own rectus sleeve to correct the uterine descend. If necessary correction of cystocele and/or rectocele and or perineal tear done on the same sitting. After 5 years of such operation abdomen of Mrs.

Study of Clinicopathological Profile of Sporadic Cases of Colorectal Cancer.

Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. This study was carried out to see the epidemiological and clinicopathological profile of sporadic cases of CRC in Bangladesh.

Materials And Methods: The patients diagnosed to have colorectal carcinoma in two private medical centers of Bangladesh from January 2012 to December 2014 were enrolled in this study.

Morphometric Study of Nutrient Foramen in Adult Human Dry Left Humerus.

The major blood supply to long bones occurs through the nutrient arteries, which enter through the nutrient foramen. The supply of nutrient artery starts during the early phases of ossification. It is essential in operative procedures such as bone graft, tumour resection, trauma healing and bone transplant techniques both in orthopedics and micro vascular surgery.

Plasma Prothrombin Time and Esophageal Varices in Patients with Cirrhosis of Liver.

Introduction: Cirrhosis of the liver is a common complication of chronic liver disease and is associated with portal hypertension and esophageal varices. In this study, we checked the implication of prothrombin time, if any, in the genesis of esophageal varices.

Materials And Methods: Sixty patients with cirrhosis of the liver were randomly assigned into two groups: Group I - 30 cirrhotic patients with esophageal varices, and group II - 30 cirrhotic patients without esophageal varices.

Lactose Intolerance and Symptom Pattern of Lactose Intolerance among Healthy Volunteers.

Aims: To see the prevalence of lactose intolerance (LI) and related symptoms following oral lactose challenge in healthy volunteers.

Materials And Methods: Symptoms of abdominal pain, nausea, borborygmi, flatulence, and diarrhea were noted for 24 hours and blood glucose was estimated at 0 hour and 30 minutes after 25 gm oral lactose load to healthy volunteers. Failure to rise blood glucose level ≥ 1.

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)--A Review.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an emerging problem in Hepatology clinics. It is closely related to the increased frequency of overweight or obesity. It has recognised association with metabolic syndrome.

A clinicopathological study on lupus nephritis; experience of 34 cases from Bangladesh.

The clinicopathological findings of lupus nephritis (LN) are responsible for the ultimate prognosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). But these findings show geographical variations. Data on LN of Bangladeshi patients are extremely rare in the literature and most of them describe mostly clinical features rather than the pathological findings.

Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome among Women in Bangladesh.

Clinical and Biochemical characteristics age, central obesity, Glucose intolerance, lipid abnormality, thyroid function, prolactin level, clinical signs & symptoms and ultrasonographic ovarian feature of 70 women were studied and prevalence of hyper-prolactinemia, hypothyroidism and Metabolic syndrome were calculated in the Endocrine OPD of BIRDEM during November 2010 to May 2011.Age of the PCOS population was 23.02±7.

PA5 Elderly population in bangladesh: coping with society in transition.

Background: Bangladesh has a long tradition of looking after the elderly by offspring or family. But rapid socio-economic transformations, changing social values have broken down the traditional extended family system. Many elderly people now stay in old age homes, mainly based in Dhaka, run by non-government organisations or as a charity.

Abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Bangladesh: a hospital-based study.

Introduction: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is reported from nearly all geographic areas of Bangladesh, but little information is available on its epidemiologic and clinical features. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical manifestations of hepatic and abdominal CE cases presenting to tertiary referral hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Methodology: A retrospective study was conducted via chart reviews of hepatic and abdominal CE patients under care at tertiary referral hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh, between 2002 and 2011.

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Study of Demographic and Predictive Factors.

Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents a spectrum of liver disease characterized by excess of fat in liver which ranges from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the absence of excessive alcohol consumption.

Materials And Methods: The study was carried out in 216 with serologically defined fatty liver. They underwent detailed history evaluation, clinical examination and anthropometric measurements, biochemical and serological tests.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Asymptomatic Gallstone Disease in North-East Part of Bangladesh.

Background: The study was designed to assess the prevalence of asymptomatic gallstone disease in North-East part of Bangladesh.

Materials And Methods: Randomly selected asymptomatic persons, unknown to have gallstone disease, from both rural and urban areas were enrolled. They were subjected to abdominal ultrasonography and findings were recorded in a data sheet.