Fig. 9.1 Volume of potentially discretionary anesthesia service use and associated payments among medicare fee-for-service patients during 2003–2009. (Reprinted from [26]. With permission from American Medical Association) Additional studies have…
Goal Description Agile Cycle time for measurement development to implementation should be short to maximize adaptability to new evidence Broad-based Must address priority domains of the national quality strategy (e.g.,…
Fig. 9.1 Effect of pyrazole or LPS or LPS plus pyrazole on serum ALT or AST levels (A) and liver histopathology (B). Panels in (B) refer to (A) saline; (B)…
Fig. 14.1 Acetaldehyde production by Streptococcus gordonii on the PBB-Schiff’s agar. (1) V2016wt; (2) ΔadhA; (3) ΔadhB; (4) ΔadhAB; (5) ΔadhE; (6) ΔadhAE; (7) ΔadhBE; (8) ΔadhABE 14.2.4 Alcohol Dehydrogenases…
Fig. 13.1 Step-wise workflow for urinary metabolomic analysis to identify biomarkers of alcohol-induced liver disease (ALD). Wild-type and Ppara-null B6 and 129S mice were placed in the 4 % EtOH…
Fig. 24.1 Alcohol exposure in utero increases total number of mammary tumors in offspring. (a) Rats exposed in utero to low (7 % of total calories) or moderate (15 %…
Fig. 18.1 Chronic alcohol consumption-induced inhibition on B16BL6 melanoma metastasis is IFN-γ-dependent. (a) Images showing colonies of melanoma (black dots) on the lung of water-drinking mice and alcohol-consuming mice. (b,…
Fig. 6.1 Iron accumulation and ROS are important factors in the alcohol-mediated hepatocarcinogenesis 6.2 Health Statistics of ALD Chronic alcohol consumption is one of the major risk factors worldwide, significantly…
Fig. 7.1 Five-year cumulative incidence of HCC in different etiologies of liver cirrhosis (Data from Fattovich et al., Gastroenterology 2004;127:S35-50) Obviously, structural and functional abnormalities pertinent to alcoholic cirrhotic transformation…
Fig. 12.1 Alcohol and HCV in liver disease: common sites of action 12.2 Alcohol, HCV and Innate Immunity The immune response is a common target of both alcohol and the…
