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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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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 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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Acute Decompensation and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Clinics in Liver Disease, 2021
Liver cirrhosis is a major healthcare problem. Acute decompensation, and in particular its interplay with dysfunction of other organs, is responsible for the majority of deaths in patients with cirrhosis. Acute decompensation has different courses, from stable decompensated cirrhosis over unstable decompensated cirrhosis to pre-acute-on-chronic liver ...
Ferstl, Philip, Trebicka, Jonel
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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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New technologies - new insights into the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy [PDF]

, 2016
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome which frequently accompanies acute or chronic liver disease. It is characterized by a variety of symptoms of different severity such as cognitive deficits and impaired motor functions. Currently,
Ampuero, J, Andreola, F, Baker, L, Deutz, N, Holmes, E, Lanz, B, Wijeyesekera, A   +6 more
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The Role of Monocytes and Macrophages in Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ALF and ACLF), though distinct clinical entities, are considered syndromes of innate immune dysfunction. Patients with ALF and ACLF display evidence of a pro-inflammatory state with local liver inflammation ...
Evangelos Triantafyllou, Evangelos Triantafyllou, Kevin J. Woollard, Mark J. W. McPhail, Charalambos G. Antoniades, Lucia A. Possamai, Lucia A. Possamai   +6 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 [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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