For informational purposes only. Consult a medical professional for advice. Source: Focus Medica. A condition where gallstones obstruct the common bile duct. The bile duct is the small tube that ...

In the first trimester of pregnancy, the most common cause of jaundice is viral hepatitis. [1,3,12] Other considerations include drug-induced hepatotoxicity, septicemia, and cholelithiasis ...

Acute abdominal pain can be categorized in multiple methods. The most common method is by dividing the causes into two main categories, such as surgical versus nonsurgical pain, and intra ...

Ursodiol is a generic prescription drug that’s used to treat and prevent gallstones and to treat primary biliary cholangitis. Ursodiol’s cost may depend on factors such as your dosage, whether ...

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital offers one of the nation’s premiere fellowship programs. The program supports 12 fellowship positions in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and ...

We collaborated with the critical care team (physicians and nurses) at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center to improve the outcomes of hospital patients who experience clinical decompensation. We used an ...