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Comparison of Different Scores in Predicting Mortality in Patients with Acute on Chronic Liver Failure Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]

Journal of Liaquat National Hospital, 2023
Background: The illness known as acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) was just recently identified and characterized which is linked to morbidity and deaths. Several prognostic models are available to stratify these patients.
Raja Taha Yaseen Khan, Hina Ismail, Abbas Ali Tasneem, Saleem Shahzad, Shoaib Ahmed Khan, Mehboob Jan, Syed Mudassir Laeeq, Zain Majid, Muhammad Qaiser Panezai, Danish Kumar, Nasir Hasan Luck   +10 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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Terlipressin use and respiratory failure in patients with hepatorenal syndrome type 1 and severe acute‐on‐chronic liver failure

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2022
Previous studies suggested increased mortality in patients with hepatorenal syndrome type 1 (HRS1) and advanced acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF).
F. Wong, S. C. Pappas, K. R. Reddy, H. Vargas, Michael P. Curry, A. Sanyal, K. Jamil   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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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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Nrf2-Mediated Ferroptosis Inhibition Exerts a Protective Effect on Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2022
Although massive hepatocyte cell death and oxidative stress constitute major events of acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF), the relationship of ferroptosis with ACLF has yet to be explored.
Jing Wu, R. Xue, Muchen Wu, Xuehong Yin, B. Xie, Q. Meng   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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A new outlook towards kidney injuries [PDF]

, 2012
Acute and chronic progression of injury to the kidney leads to the failure of the renal system and has become an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality.
Abhijeet Satwekar, Mahesh Satwekar
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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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