A fever that does not have an explanation (fever of unknown origin) always deserves a visit to your healthcare provider. The kidneys produce hormones that play an important role in regulating blood ...

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Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...

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This intricate reservoir structure significantly restricts fluid flow within the reservoir, necessitating a certain threshold pressure gradient (TPG) to be overcome before flow can commence. This ...

Using human visual cortex as a test bed, we demonstrated two architectural gradients, one in which cytoarchitecture and myeloarchitecture converge and another in which they diverge. These two ...

This state is called portal hypertension. Portal hypertension is responsible for the major complications of cirrhosis such as: Ascites Hepatic encephalopathy GI bleeding With portal hypertension, ...

portal and hepatic vein thrombosis were excluded by Doppler ultrasound. Cardiac diseases causing portal hypertension were also ruled out. Although the serum-ascites albumin gradient was high (1.9 ...

Serum glucagon levels were found to correlate significantly with SVRI, Child-Pugh classification and hepatic venous pressure gradient, thereby corroborating the hypothesis of an association ...