Hepatitis
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue. Some people or animals with hepatitis have no symptoms, whereas others develop yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice), poor appetite, vomiting, tiredness, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Hepatitis is acute if it resolves within six months, and chronic if it lasts longer than six months. Acute hepatitis can resolve on its own, progress to chronic hepatitis, or (rarely) result in acute liver failure. Chronic hepatitis may progress to scarring of the liver (cirrhosis), liver failure, and liver cancer.Hepatitis is most commonly caused by the viruses hepatitis A, B, C, …
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CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 29 May 2024 English
Health Technology Assessment
therapies; GPCR = G-protein–coupled receptor; HBV = hepatitis B virus; IFN = interferon; IL = interleukin; IM = …
INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 22 May 2024 French
L’augmentation de cas de syphilis chez les femmes québécoises en âge de procréer est particulièrement préoccupante car elle se traduit par une hausse de cas de syphilis congénitale. L’INSPQ a …
grossesse 52. The Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM). Australian …
CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 15 May 2024 English
This disclaimer and any questions or matters of any nature arising from or relating to the content or use (or misuse) of this document will be governed by and interpreted …
neurocognitive, demyelination and peripheral neuropathy, hepatitis C infection, and transaminase elevations and hepatic … function analyses and Hepatocellular damage and hepatitis not elsewhere classifiable). The numbers were …
CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 10 May 2024 English
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cholestasis, whereas in PFIC2 it shows severe hepatitis; in PFIC3, features consistent with bile duct … if accompanied by either a symptom of clinical hepatitis (e.g., vomiting, nausea, pain in right upper quadrant) …
NCCID: National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases · 9 May 2024
Vaccine rates of COVID-19 vaccination inequality was pronounced for v Inuit Nunangat refers to the traditional homelands of the Inuit in Canada and is comprised of the four northern regions …
most vaccines.4 reported being more inclined Hepatitis B 32.5* 83.7* 82.6 However, differences are not …
CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 2 May 2024 English
We sought to sum- hepatic bile duct cancer, kidney can- marize the expected impact of cancer Results: In 2024, the number of new cer, melanoma, and non-Hodgkin in Canada in …
western Canada (Appendix 3, alcohol consumption,34 hepatitis B and C infection,35 excess body Supplementary … Song C, Lv J, Liu Y, et al. Associations between hepatitis B virus infection and 7. Garaszczuk R, Yong JHE …
NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 30 April 2024 English
The report summary, “COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples’ access to STBBI services: Summarizing survey, interview, and focus group findings,” combines key and common findings from the PHAC “Impact of COVID-19 Survey” …
the STBBI services they of HIV, syphilis, or hepatitis C symptomatic cases and close accessed did not … sex (e.g., postcard, pamphlets, etc.) 45% 31% Hepatitis C testing 35% 40% STBBI information and education … services 15% 20% Counselling related to syphilis hepatitis C, HIV or other STBBI 10% 19% Interpreter and/or … 45 respondents access or use STBBI services. hepatitis C, syphilis, and other who tried to find or use … related to syphilis, STBBI education and awareness hepatitis C, HIV, or other STBBIs. as a measure to improve …
ODPRN: Ontario Drug Policy Research Network · 30 April 2024 English
However, since the ODPRN’s initial launch of this tool in 2018, the landscape of the overdose crisis in Ontario has shifted, with an increasing recognition that the majority of opioid-related …
including needle exchange/syringe programs, Hepatitis C programs, and consumption and treatment services … transmission of infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C. (Ontario Harm Reduction Distribution Program) … associated with injection drug use, including HIV and hepatitis C (Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse). 16 Ontario …
NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 29 April 2024 English
The infographic, “COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples’ access to STBBI services: Summarizing a national survey” summarizes findings from the “Impact of COVID-19 Survey”, which explores topics of STBBI service access and …
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis C, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, HPV, herpes simplex virus, and … accounts for most new infections for both HIV and hepatitis C cases among Indigenous populations. Survey details … counselling services related to syphilis, Conclusion: Hepatitis C, HIV, or other STBBIs The most common reasons …
Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Health and Community Services · 23 April 2024 English
• combined use of more than one biologic DMARD will not be reimbursed) Claim notes: • Must be prescribed by a rheumatologist or internist • Approvals will be for a …
treatment-experienced* adult patients with chronic hepatitis C infection: Approval Period Genotype 1, 2, 3 … expertise in the treatment of hepatitis C infection). • Laboratory confirmed hepatitis C genotype 1, 2, 3, 4 … request form: https://www.gov.nl.ca/hcs/files/Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Request-.pdf Updated October 2023 … 2023 https://www.gov.nl.ca/hcs/files/Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Request-.pdf Health and Community Services GLUCAGON … TABLET and generics) Chronic Hepatitis B: For the treatment of hepatitis B. Note: Must be prescribed …
