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Synonyms for hepatic

any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses

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Worsening cognition was likely due to metabolic encephalopathy of hepatic or infectious origin.
A 3.5 cm x 2.5 cm rupture was discovered on the hepatic caudate lobe near the vena cava with active arterial bleeding, and a 5 cm x 6 cm hematoma was reached on the right posterior lobe of the liver.
The Porta hepatis is centrally located in the middle third of the visceral surface; it has an "L" shape rotated ninety degrees to the left; it presents a transverse part, another anterior part, and they form a 90-degree angle of anterior medial sinus; the hepatic portal vein is divided here into right (A12.3.12.002) and left (A12.3.12.005) branches; the hepatic artery proper is divided into right (A12.3.12.030) and left (A12.3.12.035) branches; the common hepatic duct is formed by the union of the right hepatic (A05.8.01.062) and the left hepatic (A05.8.01.065); these branches form the first vascular division; then, on the edge of this parenchymal channel, these two "primary branches" emit seven terminal secondary branches, forming seven vascular pedicles for seven portal segments.
Rifaximin in Subjects with Hepatic Cirrhosis and a History of Prior Episodes of Hepatic Encephalopathy.' The study will include adult men and non-pregnant women with hepatic cirrhosis who have a history of at least two or more documented episodes of HE in the last 12 months - with one in the last six months - and who present with hyperammonemia at the time of screening.
The hepatic arterial variants are very common and reported in approximately 42% cases.
Among these variations, the incidence of the cystic duct draining to the right hepatic duct is 0.7% (2).
Table-III: Mean values of hepatic lobule diameter of control Group B and experimental group C, D and E (One way ANOVA followed by Post Hoc Tukey's test).
The aim of the drainage of the sub hepatic space after removal of gall bladder is also to avoid bile or blood accumulation that may become infected and require interventional treatment, either by use of imaging or possibly surgical approach.
The IVC, on the other hand, develops as an amalgamation of several embryologic venous channels with the common hepatic vein, which gives rise to the hepatic segment of the IVC.
The pathogenic process leading to hepatic rupture is thought to involve vascular endothelial injury, resulting from cytokine release and production of abnormal metabolic derivatives that activate the complement cascade.
In this article, by using the term "perivenous space" we refer to the parenchymal areas surrounding the hepatic veins.
Hepatic EHE shows a predilection for females (male to female ratio, 1:1.5).