Under the terms of the certification of product conformity of the
DCLD of Dubai Municipality, Cortec's MCI-2005 and MCI-2005 NS will now be included in a DCL website list of
DCLD certified products under certificate number CL18020610, said a satement from the company.
Patients with esophageal varices due to any underlying pathology like DCLD or portal vein thrombosis requiring EVBL were included in this study.
Amongst the patients of DCLD, hepatitis C was the main cause followed by cryptogenic and hepatitis B as shown in table-II.
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DCLD to adopt goals and guidelines for use by state agencies, local
Cache Characteristics and Sample Values for Parameters Used in
DCLDDURATION AND SEVERITY OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION: In the DCLD group, 76% consumed alcohol for more than 10 years, 24% between 6-10 years.
PSYCHOMETRIC HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORE: The median time taken by the two groups of patients (DCLD and No liver disease) in performing the five tests of Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score has been summarized in the following table (Table 3).
TABLE 3: Time taken (in sec) to complete each of the five tests Tests DCLD(in seconds) ALCOHOLICS NCT A 149 [+ or -] 52.2 114.5 [+ or -]40.5 FCT 145.16 [+ or -] 76.6 113 [+ or -] 38.2 LTT 165.3 [+ or -] 43.4 127 [+ or -] 44.2 CDT 115.2 [+ or -] 45.8 86.3 [+ or -] 49 DST 170.96 [+ or -] 62.9 157.6 [+ or -] 78 This table clearly indicates that the median time taken by the patients with DCLD was significantly higher in all the tests while comparing to patients without liver disease.
Chart 1 DCLD No liver disease <=5 yrs 0 35% 6-10 yrs 24% 30% >10 yrs 76% 35% Note: Table made from bar graph.
DCLD has no wet laboratories to allow direct device testing and instead reviews data sets submitted by manufacturers based on testing by them or their clinical investigators.
DCLD handles a much smaller number of fundamentally new or high-risk PMA devices--usually 12 to 24 in the course of 1 year.
DCLD is actively involved in working with both industry and professional groups in an attempt to better incorporate these advances into our review work.