Does erythropoietin strongly protect the liver from ischemia-reperfusion injury in a pig model?
EPO treatment significantly ameliorated liver I-R injury in this pig model. The protective effect was exerted by the inhibition of apoptosis. These results will open the door for the clinical application of EPO in liver surgery.
Neurotrophic keratitis was less frequent among patients who received antiviral therapy. However, among treated patients, development of a serious inflammatory complication was associated with a delay in therapy. Most important, adverse outcomes were less probable in the treated group. These data may support the early and routine use of systemic antiviral therapy for acute herpes zoster ophthalmicus.