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Liver transplantation for acute-on-chronic liver failure from erythropoietic protoporphyria [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2012
Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an inherited disorder of the heme metabolic pathway that is characterized by accumulation of protoporphyrin in the blood, erythrocytes, and tissues, and cutaneous manifestations of photosensitivity, all resulting ...
Pyoung-Jae Park, Shin Hwang, Young-Il Choi, Young-Dong Yu, Gil-Chun Park, Sung-Won Jung, Sam-Youl Yoon, Gi-Won Song, Tae-Yong Ha, Sung-Gyu Lee   +9 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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The brain in acute on chronic liver failure [PDF]

Metabolic Brain Disease, 2014
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a newly defined clinical entity with significant morbidity and mortality (~40-90% at 1 year dependent on need for organ support at presentation). It defines a presentation with acute severe liver injury, often with multiorgan dysfunction, on a background of previously known or unknown cirrhosis.
Wright, G, Sharifi, Y, Jover-Cobos, M, Jalan, R   +3 more
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Effect of acute on chronic liver failure over post-transplant survival

Annals of Hepatology, 2023
Introduction and Objectives: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is associated with reduced short-term survival, and liver transplantation is frequently the only therapeutic option.
Carlos Benítez, Jorge Arnold, Verónica Cambindo, Fernanda Schoenfeldt, Alejandra Cancino, Samuel Ibáñez, Catalina Grandy, Paola Hunfan, Jorge González, Catalina Guerra, Esteban Godoy, Verónica Araneda, Constanza Mollo, Jaime Poniachik, Alvaro Urzúa, Máximo Cattaneo, Juan Pablo Roblero, Ilan Oppenheimer, Vicente Pizarro   +18 more
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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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Critical care hepatology: definitions, incidence, prognosis and role of liver failure in critically ill patients

Critical Care, 2022
Organ dysfunction or overt failure is a commonplace event in the critically ill affecting up to 70% of patients during their stay in the ICU. The outcome depends on the resolution of impaired organ function, while a domino-like deterioration of organs ...
Aritz Perez Ruiz de Garibay, Andreas Kortgen, Julia Leonhardt, Alexander Zipprich, Michael Bauer   +4 more
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Plasma Glutamine Concentrations in Liver Failure. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Higher than normal plasma glutamine concentration at admission to an intensive care unit is associated with an unfavorable outcome. Very high plasma glutamine levels are sometimes seen in both acute and chronic liver failure.
Gunnel Helling, Staffan Wahlin, Marie Smedberg, Linn Pettersson, Inga Tjäder, Åke Norberg, Olav Rooyackers, Jan Wernerman   +7 more
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Acute-on-chronic liver failure in cirrhosis [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
The definition of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) remains contested. In Europe and North America, the term is generally applied according to the European Association for the Study of the Liver-Chronic Liver Failure (EASL-CLIF) Consortium guidelines, which defines this condition as a syndrome that develops in patients with cirrhosis and is ...
Arroyo, Vicente, Moreau, Richard, Kamath, Patrick S., Jalan, Rajiv, Ginès i Gibert, Pere, Nevens, Frederick, Fernández, Javier, To, Uyen, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, Schnabl, Bernd   +9 more
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Effect of cirrhosis on prognosis in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

PeerJ
Background Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a prevalent complication among cirrhosis patients, whose high mortality is linked to cirrhosis combined with ACLF. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of systematic reviews.
Chunyang Dong, Xiaoxiao Liu, Dongshuai Zhang, Deyou Jiang   +3 more
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Alterations in the Gut Microbiota and Hepatitis-B-Virus Infection in Southern Chinese Patients With Coexisting Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been reported to affect the bacterial characteristics in the host. We aimed to elucidate the compositional and functional characteristics of the microbiota in southern Chinese patients with coexistent HBV
Weijia Han, Weijia Han, Chunyang Huang, Yali Ji, Ling Zhou, Jinjun Chen, Jinjun Chen, Jinjun Chen, Jinlin Hou   +8 more
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