The Couinaud classification system divides the liver into eight, functionally independent segments each with a center consisting of portal vein and hepatic artery branches…
Transaminitis refers to an increase in circulating levels of transaminases (ie, AST and ALT) classically indicative of liver injury. Hepatobiliary disease spans a wide…
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are gaining more traction in the world of heart failure primarily as a bridge-to-transplantation or destination therapy (ie, ineligible…
Sandostatin (octreotide) is a subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous analog to somatostatin – a protein hormone secreted throughout the GI tract – which acts via…
Today was the first day of my last core rotation in medical school – pediatrics! I’ll be spending most of the two months at…
C. difficile is a bacteria part of our normal bowel flora, but when certain antibiotics (namely clindamycin) wipe out the other healthy organisms, C.…