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WitrynaPrimary adrenal failure (Addison’s disease) is a rare complication of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. Untreated – and also sometimes under adequate hydrocortisone replacement therapy – the levels of ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone) and MSH (Melanocyte stimulating hormone) are elevated. This may be a reason for concern in … Witrynaas cases of hepatitis and liver dysfunction (elevated transaminase elevations), were observed during the earlier clinical trials with naltrexone. Many recent reports, however, have documented that NTX and XR-NTX pose significantly lower risk of hepatotoxicity than previously suspected, even among alcohol- and opioid-dependent persons WitrynaThe demand for liver transplantation (LT) exceeds supply, with rising waiting list mortality. Utilization of high-risk organs is low and a substantial number of procured livers are discarded. We report the first series of five transplants with rejected livers following viability assessment by normothermic machine perfusion of the liver (NMP-L). The … the very hungry caterpillar bibliography