Mahvash Disease Case Resolved With Liver Transplantation
A woman with Mahvash disease presented with portal hypertension that necessitated liver transplantation; the liver complications observed in this case report distinguish it from what’s more typically seen in patients with this condition. The 27-year-old woman presented with mildly elevated aminotransferase levels and chronic pancreatitis after having experienced three episodes of hematemesis. Although her imaging […]
Mahvash Disease Case Resolved With Liver Transplantation
A woman with Mahvash disease presented with portal hypertension that necessitated liver transplantation; the liver complications observed in this case report distinguish it from what’s more typically seen in patients with this condition. The 27-year-old woman presented with mildly elevated aminotransferase levels and chronic pancreatitis after having experienced three episodes of hematemesis. Although her imaging […]
Opinion | To Bill or Not to Bill, That is the Question
With the increased penetration of the patient portal and remote access among our patients, there has been a dramatic increase in the quantity of messages we receive every day, and many different types of requests come to us through this portal. Before we had a portal within our electronic health record, pretty much the only […]
New portal improves forecasts of devastating storms in West Africa: Online tool will enable forecasters to provide communities with more reliable warnings
An online portal developed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) will enable forecasters in West Africa to provide communities with earlier and more reliable warnings about large storms. Storms in the Sahel region, which can reach over 100km in size, have become more extreme since the 1980s due to global warming, with […]