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Immune dysfunction in cirrhosis. [PDF]

, 2014
Innate and adaptive immune dysfunction, also referred to as cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction syndrome, is a major component of cirrhosis, and plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of both the acute and chronic worsening of liver function ...
Antal-Szalmás, Péter, Lakatos, Péter László, Papp, Mária, Sipeki, Nóra   +3 more
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Hyponatremia influences the outcome of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: an analysis of the CANONIC study [PDF]

, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Hyponatremia is a marker of poor prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. This analysis aimed to assess if hyponatremia also has prognostic value in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), a syndrome characterized by acute ...
Arroyo, Vicente, Barreto, Rogelio, Bernardi, Mauro, Cárdenas, Andrés, Ginès i Gibert, Pere, Graupera, Isabel, Gustot, Thierry, Martínez González, Javier, Pavesi, Marco, Rodríguez Gullello, Ezequiel Alejandro, Saliba, Faouzi, Solà, Elsa, Welzel, Tania Mara   +12 more
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Liver transplantation for acute-on-chronic liver failure [PDF]

Hepatology International, 2009
To evaluate the outcome of liver transplantation for acute-on-chronic liver failure.From November 1991 to December 2007, 517 patients underwent liver transplantation at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Among them, 149 had acute-on-chronic liver failure as defined in the recent Asian Pacific Association for the Study of Liver Consensus Meeting.
Lam, BK, Chan, SC, Chan, AC, Fan, ST, Lo, CM, Liu, CL, Ng, KK, Yong, BH, Chiu, A   +8 more
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MARS therapy, the bridging to liver retransplantation-Three cases from the Hungarian liver transplant program [PDF]

, 2014
Besides orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) there is no long-term and effective replacement therapy for severe liver failure. Artificial extracorporeal liver supply devices are able to reduce blood toxin levels, but do not replace any synthetic ...
Bacher A., Ding Y.T., Doros A., Evenepoel P., Gaspari R., Hessel F.P., Kantola T., Kantola T., Karvellas C.J., Liu Y.H., Nemes B., Nemes B., Novelli G., Novelli G., Rademacher S., Rifai K., Schiff E.R., Schuller J., Tan H.K., Wang M.M., Wong F.   +20 more
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Liver Transplantation for Acute on Chronic Liver Failure [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2017
Acute-on chronic liver failure (ACLF) is defined as acute insult on previous liver disease that causes sudden worsening of liver functions.ACLF is characterized by high incidence of organ failure and prognosis is remarkably worse than patients with cirrhosis. Incidence of organ failures is very high despite best medical care and timely liver transplant
Narendra S. Choudhary, Neeraj Saraf, Sanjiv Saigal, Arvinder S. Soin   +3 more
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Liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis: Long term follow-up and impact of disease recurrence [PDF]

, 2001
Background. Alcoholic liver disease has emerged as a leading indication for hepatic transplantation, although it is a controversial use of resources. We aimed to examine all aspects of liver transplantation associated with alcohol abuse.
Andrea M. DiMartini, Anthony J. Demetris, Ashok Jain, Balan, Bassendine, Becker, Belle, Bellentani, Beresford, Beresford, Beresford, Berlakovich, Bernard, Bizollon, Blakolmer, Campbell, Chao, Christopher O.C. Bellamy, Conjeevaram, Cromie, Duvoux, Enomoto, Everhart, Everson, Fauerholdt, Ferrell, Forrest Dodson, Foster, Gane, Graziadei, Harrison, Hoofnagle, Howard, Iezzoni, Ishak, Jain, John J. Fung, Keeffe, Kenngott, Kris Ruppert, Kumar, Kyriacou, Lee, Levin, Levy, Lucey, Lucey, Lucey, Mendenhall, Michael Torbenson, Nabel, Neuberger, Neuberger, Neuberger, Osorio, Pageaux, Pappo, Pereira, Reed, Reich, Saunders, Schiff, Seitz, Sherlock, Shev, Starzl, Tang, Thomas E. Starzl, Tringali, Uchimura, Wiesner, Yates   +71 more
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Liver transplantation for viral hepatitis in 2015 [PDF]

, 2016
Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease and for patients with liver cell cancer related to liver disease.
Bortoluzzi, Ilaria, Burra, Patrizia, Ferrarese, Alberto, Gambato, Martina, Germani, Giacomo, Nadal, Elena, Russo, FRANCESCO PAOLO, Senzolo, Marco, Zanetto, Alberto   +8 more
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Validation of the CLIF-C OF Score and CLIF-C ACLF Score to Predict Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Concomitant Need for Intensive Care Unit Treatment

Medicina, 2023
Both the Chronic Liver Failure Consortium (CLIF-C) organ failure score (OFs) and the CLIF-C acute-on-chronic-liver failure (ACLF) score (ACLFs) were developed for risk stratification and to predict mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis and ACLF ...
Michael Nagel, Ruben Westphal, Max Hilscher, Peter R. Galle, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Oliver Schreiner, Christian Labenz, Marcus Alexander Wörns   +7 more
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Liver transplantation for acute-on-chronic liver failure

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, 2020
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (AoCLF) represents a newly defined entity in patients with liver disease leading to multiple organ failures and increased mortality. To date, no universally accepted definition exists, and different academic societies developed guidelines on the early diagnosis and classification of AoCLF.
Dana Tomescu, Mihai Popescu, biancofiore giandomenico   +2 more
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Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure: MELD Score 30-day Mortality Predictability and Etiology in a Pakistani Population [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Cirrhosis is a pathological condition that ultimately leads to liver failure. Acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) has a high short term mortality rate. Viral hepatitis is the most common cause of liver failure in our local population.
Gilani, N. A. (Naeem), Khalid, T. (Talha), Sarfraz, A. (Azza), Sarfraz, M. (Muzna), Sattar, S. (Saim), Siddiq, J. (Javaria)   +5 more
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