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Serum 1H-NMR metabolomic fingerprints of acute-on-chronic liver failure in intensive care unit patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.

PLoS ONE, 2014
IntroductionAcute-on-chronic liver failure is characterized by acute deterioration of liver function in patients with compensated or decompensated, but stable, cirrhosis.
Roland Amathieu, Mohamed N Triba, Pierre Nahon, Nadia Bouchemal, Walid Kamoun, Hakim Haouache, Jean-Claude Trinchet, Philippe Savarin, Laurence Le Moyec, Gilles Dhonneur   +9 more
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New Perspectives on Treatment of Hepatitis B Before and After Liver Transplantation [PDF]

, 2016
open5noThe hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects more than 260 million people globally, with increasing incidence, especially in developing countries.
Bortoluzzi, Ilaria, Burra, Patrizia, Ferrarese, Alberto, Russo, Francesco Paolo, Zanetto, Alberto   +4 more
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Infections Complicating Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Study Emphasizing Graft-Related Septicemia [PDF]

, 1976
In 93 recipients of 102 orthotopic liver homografts, the incidence of bacteremia or fungemia exceeded 70%. The graft itself was usually an entry site for systemic infection after both immunologic and nonimmunologic parenchymal injury, especially if there
Hansbrough, JF, Hoelscher, M, Porter, KA, Putnam, CW, Schröter, GPJ, Starzl, TE   +5 more
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Immune mediated liver failure [PDF]

Liver failure is a clinical syndrome of various etiologies, manifesting as jaundice, encephalopathy, coagulopathy and circulatory dysfunction, which result in subsequent multiorgan failure.
Ning, Qin, Wang, Xiaojing
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Ammonia toxicity: from head to toe? [PDF]

, 2016
Ammonia is diffused and transported across all plasma membranes. This entails that hyperammonemia leads to an increase in ammonia in all organs and tissues.
Dasarathy, Srinivasan, Mookerjee, Rajeshwar P., Ott, Peter, Rackayova, Veronika, Rangroo Thrane, Vinita, Rose, Christopher, Vairappan, Balasubramaniyan   +6 more
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Imatinib-induced fulminant liver failure in chronic myeloid leukemia: role of liver transplant and second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background There is a worldwide problem of acute liver failure and mortality associated with remaining on the waiting for a liver transplant. In this study, we highlight results published in recent years by leading transplant centers in evaluating ...
Lucas Souto Nacif, Daniel R. Waisberg, Rafael Soares Pinheiro, Fabiana Roberto Lima, Vinicius Rocha-Santos, Wellington Andraus, Luiz Carneiro D’Albuquerque   +6 more
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Acute kidney injury in hospitalized cirrhotic patients: Risk factors, type of kidney injury, and survival

JGH Open, 2021
Background and Aim Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of chronic liver disease (CLD). We performed a prospective study to evaluate the risk factors and spectrum of AKI among decompensated cirrhosis (DC) patients and the impact of AKI on ...
Chitta Ranjan Khatua, Saroj Kanta Sahu, Dinesh Meher, Gautam Nath, Shivaram Prasad Singh   +4 more
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Liver Progenitor Cells in Massive Hepatic Necrosis—How Can a Patient Survive Acute Liver Failure?

Biomolecules, 2022
Massive hepatic necrosis is the most severe lesion in acute liver failure, yet a portion of patients manage to survive and recover from this high-risk and harsh disease syndrome. The mechanisms underlying recovery remain largely unknown to date.
Tao Lin, Rilu Feng, Roman Liebe, Hong-Lei Weng   +3 more
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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Mary Fewtrell, Julie Lanigan, Breeana Gardiner, Graeme O'Connor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic analysis of acute deterioration in chronic liver disease patients using modified quick sequential organ failure assessment [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
Background/Aims Quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) is believed to identify patients at risk of poor outcomes in those with suspected infection.
Do Seon Song, Hee Yeon Kim, Young Kul Jung, Tae Hyung Kim, Hyung Joon Yim, Eileen L Yoon, Ki Tae Suk, Jeong-ju Yoo, Sang Gyune Kim, Moon Young Kim, Young Chang, Soung Won Jeong, Jae Young Jang, Sung-Eun Kim, Jung-Hee Kim, Jung Gil Park, Won Kim, Jin Mo Yang, Dong Joon Kim, Korean Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (KACLiF) study group, Ashok Kumar Choudhury, Vinod Arora, Shiv Kumar Sarin, APASL ACLF Research Consortium (AARC) for APASL ACLF working party   +23 more
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