The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by the Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has resulted in a world‐wide …

In the past decade, leptospirosis has emerged as a globally important infectious disease. It
occurs in urban environments of industrialised and developing countries, as well as in rural …

Consulta preanestésica Una sala de pre-anestesia por área quirúrgica Salas de
recuperación postanestésica susceptible de recibir pacientes de quirófanos contiguos …

The formation of bile is a vital function, and its impairment by drugs or infectious,
autoimmune, metabolic, or genetic disorders results in the syndrome commonly known as …

The vectorial transport of bile salts from blood into bile is essential for the generation of bile
flow, solubilization of cholesterol in bile, and emulsification of lipids in the intestine. Major …

Metabolic processes utilize a variety of differing and contrasting biochemical routes to
enable synthesis of degradation and activation or deactivation of substances; in addition …

Intestinal failure is a condition requiring the use of parenteral nutrition as long as it persists.
Causes of severe protracted intestinal failure include short bowel syndrome, congenital …

Hepatic uptake and biliary excretion of organic anions (eg, bile acids and bilirubin) is
mediated by hepatobiliary transport systems. Defects in transporter expression and function …

Background: In children who depend on long‐term parenteral nutrition (PN), liver disease is
a major complication that may lead to end‐stage liver failure requiring liver transplantation …

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6 are proinflammatory cytokines known to
alter expression of drug transporters in rodent liver. However, their effects toward human …