Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Imaging methods of urinary tract

This ppt teaching file is dedicated to examination methods that are used to imaging pathological findings of urinary tract

Imaging methods of liver and biliary tract

This powerpoint presentation is devoted to teaching investigative methods used to display the pathological findings of liver and biliary tract. It deals with radiological, scintigraphycal and endoscopic imaging methods. Presentation shows the algorithm, the possibility of therapeutic effects and possible complications. It also includes a set of test questions.

Radiology of Gastrointestinal tract (GIT)

The PowerPoint presentation deals with the examination of GIT with X-ray, scintigraphy, ultrasonography and endoscopic techniques. It refers to the typical findings of radiodiagnostic and disease states briefly the possibilities of their treatment. Part of the article is also a test on a given topic, indicating the correct answers.

Serum bilirubin as a predictor of oxidative stress-mediated diseases

Bilirubin, the principle bile pigment, is the end product of heme catabolism. For many years, bilirubin was thought to have no physiological function other than that of a waste product of heme catabolism – useless at best and toxic at worst. Although hyperbilirubinemia in neonates has been shown to be neurotoxic, studies performed during the past decade have found that bilirubin has a number of new and interesting biochemical and biological properties. In addition, there is now a strong body of evidence suggesting that bilirubin may have a beneficial role in preventing oxidative changes in a number of diseases including atherosclerosis and cancer, as well as a number of inflammatory, autoimmune and degenerative diseases.