The Silent Dragon-Hepatitis C
| Autor: | Beverly Walker, Linda Howard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
Hepatitis C virus
medicine.medical_treatment Alpha interferon Disease Liver transplantation medicine.disease_cause Antiviral Agents Virus chemistry.chemical_compound Perioperative Nursing Ribavirin Living Donors medicine Humans Transmission (medicine) business.industry Interferon-alpha Hepatitis C Middle Aged medicine.disease Virology Liver Transplantation Medical–Surgical Nursing Liver chemistry Drug Therapy Combination Female business |
| Zdroj: | AORN Journal. 77:1189-1204 |
| ISSN: | 0001-2092 1191-1204 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60981-2 |
| Popis: | The hepatitis C virus is the most common bloodborne pathogen in the world. A disease with no cure or vaccine, it kills between 8,000 and 10,000 people annually in the United States. Only recently have experts begun to understand the virus, its natural progression, and how it differs from other hepatitis viruses. Most transmission is a result of direct percutaneous exposure, and the disease is more common among minority groups. Alpha interferon and ribavirin are the currently approved first-line treatment medications. Evolving medication therapies, full liver transplantation from nonliving donors, and split liver transplantation from living donors hold promise for the 170 million people who are thought to carry the virus. AORN J17 (June 2003) 1191-1204. |
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