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| | :: Liver Diseases - Biliary Atresia :: |
 | | Biliary Atresia is a defect in the development of the bile ducts that drain from the liver into the intestines that is characterized by obliteration of the biliary system, resulting in obstruction to bile flow. | | | Following portoenterostomy in infants with biliary Atresia, the drug may be useful in enhancing biliary damage. | | | Although their role in the postoperative management of biliary Atresia has never been established, some centers have found that short - term, high dose therapy in the immediate postoperative period may improve the likelihood of achieving adequate bile drainage, particularly for infants in whom bile flow is not immediately apparent following portoenterostomy. |
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http://www.liverindia.com/biliary.htm
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| | Pediatric Oncall- PATIENT INFORMATION ABOUT BILIARY ATRESIA |
| | Biliary atresia, however is NOT a hereditary condition. | | | The initial treatment for biliary atresia is a surgical operation called Kasai procedure after the Japanese Surgeon who pioneered the operation. | | | This information is designed to give a general overview of a rare condition termed as "Biliary Atresia" which affects infants. |
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http://www.pediatriconcall.com/forpatients/commonchild/biliaryartpat.htm
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| | Biliary Atresia - C.L.A.S.S. |
| | A network of tubular structures and tiny ducts form the biliary system to drain bile from the liver to the small intestine where it aids in the digestive process. | | | Recent research suggests that a viral infection in susceptible infants could result in biliary atresia. | | | A special needle may be used to take a tiny piece of liver, which under a microscope may indicate features typical of an obstruction to the biliary system. |
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http://www.classkids.org/library/biliaryatresia.htm
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| | BILIARY ATRESIA |
| | Unfortunately, despite bile flow, the Kasai procedure is not a cure for biliary atresia. | | | Finding out that they are not alone, that others feel the way they do, and learning how other parents are coping with their child's disease, is often a great comfort. | | | The survival rates for transplant recipients have increased dramatically with improved surgical techniques and the development of new drugs which help overcome the problem of organ rejection. |
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http://www.gastro.com/html/liverdisease/biliaryatresia.shtml
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Biliary atresia |
| | Biliary atresia is the failure of a fetus to develop an adequate pathway for bile to drain from the liver to the intestine. | | | The altered anatomy of the biliary system is different in every case, calling upon the surgeon's skill and experience to select and execute the most effective among several options. | | | More likely, the upper biliary system will also be inadequate, and the surgeon will attach a piece of intestine directly to the liver--the Kasai procedure. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2601/is_0001/ai_2601000195
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| | Biliary Atresia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| | The Kasai procedure is not a cure for biliary atresia, but it does allow babies to grow and have fairly good health for several years. | | | If the baby has biliary atresia, the liver will take up the dye but it will not be able to flow through the damaged biliary system into the small intestine. | | | When a baby has biliary atresia, bile flow from the liver to the gallbladder is blocked. |
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http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/info/abdomen/diagnose/biliary.htm
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| | NIH Guide: BILIARY ATRESIA CLINICAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM |
| | The Biliary Atresia Clinical Research Consortium investigators are also encouraged to seek out separate funding for special projects and to develop collaboration with laboratory and basic research investigators to draw upon the resources (clinical data, serum, tissue, DNA) made available by the Biliary Atresia Clinical Research Consortium Database. | | | In the first year, DCC applicants should include all costs associated with the organization of all administrative aspects of the Biliary Atresia Clinical Research Consortium to be developed and with the initiation of one protocol to be developed and started. | | | The Biliary Atresia Clinical Research Consortium should also provide the preliminary data and background for further investigator-initiated research. |
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http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-02-008.html
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| | Biliary atresia |
| | Syndromic BA (~10%), in which biliary atresia is associated with various congenital anomalies such as polysplenia, asplenia, cardiac or intra abdominal defects (situs inversus, pre-duodenal portal vein, absence of retro-hepatic inferior vena cava, intestinal malrotation). | | | In human neonates, the association of reovirus type 3 and BA has been suggested in several studies (35-38) but not supported in others (39-41). | | | Untreated, this condition leads to cirrhosis and death within the first years of life. |
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http://orphanet.infobiogen.fr/nestasso/OFAVB/__PP__4.html
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| | Articles of previous issues of Pediatric Surgery Update |
| | Biliary atresia (BA) continues to originate controversy and despair among physicians and patients alike. | | | Other drugs used are cholestyramine to reduce enterohepatic circulation, phenobarbital to increase biliary flow and rifampin. | | | The procedure done before the first 6-8 weeks of life will yield biliary flow in 75-80% of infants. |
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http://home.coqui.net/titolugo/articles.htm
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| | AllRefer Health - Biliary Atresia |
| | In babies with biliary atresia, bile flow from the liver to the gallbladder is blocked. | | | This is a congenital condition (present at birth). | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Health > Diseases and Conditions > Biliary Atresia |
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http://health.allrefer.com/health/biliary-atresia-info.html
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| | Biliary Atresia Grant, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| | Although surgery (Kasai procedure) is successful in many infants, three of every four children who have biliary atresia need a liver transplant before the age of 20. | | | A three-year study will determine the effectiveness of steroids on the outcome of infants with biliary atresia. | | | "Increased understand of the pathogenesis of biliary atresia and the development of novel therapeutics to treat it would have a major impact on children's health and medical economics in the United States." |
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http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/about/news/release/2002/11-biliary-atresia.htm?view=content
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| | Biliary atresia |
| | No precautions are possible as biliary atresia occurs without warning, only in infants and is not passed from one person to another. | | | A child with biliary atresia may look quite jaundiced if bile flow has not been achieved; the liver may become enlarged, creating a 'pot-bellied' appearance. | | | Since the symptoms of biliary atresia may also be experienced in other diseases, several tests are necessary to make a diagnosis. |
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http://www.hmc.psu.edu/pediatricsurgery/services/biliary.htm
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| | Biliary Atresia Research Consortium - Home |
| | An analysis of outcomes of infants with biliary atresia born in 1999/2000 has been undertaken. | | | The Biliary Atresia Clinical Research Consortium will also provide preliminary data and background for further investigator-initiated research. | | | Additional multi-center clinical studies, including a clinical trial and an analysis of long-term survivors of biliary atresia, are being planned. |
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http://www.med.umich.edu/borc/barc
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| | BBC NEWS Health Medical notes Biliary Atresia |
| | Operations to cure the condition are most successful in children under eight weeks old. | | | The condition is treated through an operation called Kasai-portoenterostomy. | | | A battery of tests are often required to confirm a diagnosis of biliary atresia, as the symptoms can be confused with other conditions. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/medical_notes/286336.stm
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| | The Biliary Atresia and Liver Transplant Network |
| | Our library contains valuable information about biliary atresia, liver transplantation and other issues concerning parents and professionals. | | | They wanted to find a way to overcome the limited information and support for this terrible disease. | | | Advocate public policy, for those suffering from biliary atresia and the medical community for research. |
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http://www.transweb.org/people/recips/resources/support/oldbilitree.html
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| | Pediatric liver transplant program offers treatment for biliary atresia and tryosinemia. |
| | Ross Shepherd, MD, Medical Director of the Liver Program, is a clinical investigator with particular interests in nutrition and growth in pediatric liver disease, cystic fibrosis (CF), and clinical management and outcomes from liver transplantation in biliary atresia. | | | Excellent long term survival and quality of life is achieved for the majority of patients, and one, three and five year survival rates are world-standard. | | | Pediatric liver transplant program offers treatment for biliary atresia and tryosinemia. |
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http://www.stlouischildrens.org/articles/kids_parents.asp?ID=221
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| | Biliary Atresia / Family Village Library |
| | This group is open to all families, friends and medical professionals who care for children with biliary atresia. | | | An online support group for families who are dealing with the pediatric liver disease, biliary atresia pre or post transplant. | | | Members will share stories, seek support, ask questions, pray together or just talk. |
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http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_bila.htm
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| | Biliary atresia - definition of Biliary atresia in Encyclopedia |
| | Biliary atresia is a rare condition of no known cause in which the biliary tract between the liver and the intestine is blocked or absent. | | | There is no known cause of biliary atresia, although it is associated with a number of rare syndromes. | | | If the atresia is complete, only liver transplantation is a therapeutic option. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Biliary_atresia
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| | Biliary Atresia |
| | Biliary Atresia is a rare gastrointestinal disorder in newborns that destroys the bile ducts that carry bile from the liver to the intestine. | | | The cause of biliary atresia is uncertain, although several different theories are documented. | | | Researchers are studying both Reovirus Type 3 and Cytomegalovirus as possible agents in the development of biliary atresia. |
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http://www.liverkids.org.au/biliary.htm
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| | MIR Teaching file case hs008 |
| | There is no evidence of excretion of the radiopharmaceutical into the biliary system or small bowel. | | | In an infant with conjugated hyerbilirubinemia, the primary differential diagnosis is between biliary atresia and causes of severe hepatic insufficiency such as neonatal hepatitis. | | | Repeat scintigraphy with phenobarbital pretreatment as well as liver biopsy were both most consistent with biliary atresia. |
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http://gamma.wustl.edu/hs008te171.html
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| | Adults with biliary atresia |
| | even reports of childbirth in patients with biliary atresia. | | | A varient of biliary atresia called Alagilles's sysndrome is | | | Patients with true biliary atresia die in childhood if not |
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http://www.transweb.org/qa/asktw/answers/answers9701/96070605.html
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| | Virtual Children's Hospital: Paediapaedia: Biliary Atresia and Neonatal Hepatitis |
| | Obstructive jaundice with hyperbilirubinemia that persists beyond the immediate newborn period is due to biliary atresia or neonatal hepatitis and they need to be differentiated between because the Kasai procedure for biliary atresia is most successful when it is performed prior to 2 months of life. | | | Ultrasound shows the liver echogenicity and intrahepatic ducts to be usually unremarkable in both biliary atresia and neonatal hepatitis. | | | These two entities are thought to be in the spectrum of the same inflammatory process with more advanced sclerosing cholangitis of the extrahepatic ducts in biliary atresia. |
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http://www.vh.org/pediatric/provider/radiology/PAP/GIDiseases/BilAtresia.html
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| | Biliary Atresia |
| | We are a group of parents that have a child diagnosed with Biliary Atresia. | | | We are here to share feelings and to give support. |
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http://groups.msn.com/BiliaryAtresia
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