... from
7.4% in 1991 towards 3. 8% in 1996. In 1998, all universi-
ty hospitals used a two-stage management with preopera-
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Complications in
Gastroenterology
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Petr ... flow
in portosystemic collaterals. In comparison with vaso-
pressin, it has minimum side effects and a prolonged bio-
logical turnover (half-time 3. 4 h) and this enables...
... but bleeding of the small intestine is a rare
condition (3 5%).
Acute bleeding is arbitrarily defined as bleeding of ! 3
days’ duration resulting in instability of vital signs, ane-
mia, and/ or ... tests [3] . In 48–71% the source will be found
and an origin in the colorectum is to be expected in 20–
30 % [3] .
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding often presents as
LGIB and mean...
... prolyl 4-hydroxylase, prolyl 3- hydroxylase, and lysyl hydrox-
ylase, catalyze the formation of 4-hydroxyproline, 3- hydroxyproline, and hydroxylysine residues in
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repeating -Gly-X-Y- sequences in each of the constituent chains. The presence of glyci...
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1000 6.25 6 .33 1.2 6 .32 6.29 0.47 1.70 1.77 3. 9
Table 1. Comparison of the computed average Nusselt ...
Convection and Conduction Heat Transfer
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