Introduction: Acute liver failure is one of the common causes of death in pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology department. Outcome is different according to aetiology. Objective: To observe the aetiology, outcome and prognostic factors of pediatric acute liver failure. Metho...
Introduction: Gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the most common causes of patient admissions at emergency wards. Despite considering nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), aspirin and Helicobacter pylori as the leading causes, mortality from gastrointestinal (GI) bleedin...
Background: Epidemiological data of HBV and HCV in Bauchi state is still relatively limited, thus creates an epidemiological information gap in evaluating the public health problem, its negative clinical sequlae and high morbidity and mortality rate. This retrospective study eval...
Dieulafoy’s lesion is an acute GI (gastrointestinal) bleeding disorder, a rare but life-threatening condition due to recurrent bleeding. The affected arteriole can protrude through a small defect in the mucosa, becomes susceptible to the mechanical trauma even of a minor level an...