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Cognitive impairment in patients awaiting kidney and liver transplantation—A clinically relevant problem?

open access: yesBrain and Behavior
Introduction Cognitive impairment (CI) is common in both end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD) and alcohol‐related liver cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and patterns of CI in patients awaiting kidney and liver transplantation, and
Aleksandra Golenia   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oxidative Stress in Liver Metabolic Dysfunction and Diseases, with a Focus on Hepatogenic Diabetes: Effect of Alcohol Consumption

open access: yesAntioxidants
Metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease (MASLD) is associated with severe forms of liver injury, including fibrosis and cirrhosis. The main risk factors for MASLD—obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance
Martha Lucinda Contreras-Zentella   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence of and Risk Factors for Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Population‐Based Cohort of Americans With Cirrhosis

open access: yesHepatology Communications, 2019
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a devastating complication of cirrhosis. Data are limited regarding the incidence of and risk factors for HE among contemporary patients in the context of the shifting epidemiology of cirrhosis.
Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Water dripping on stone’? Industry lobbying and UK alcohol policy

open access: yes, 2013
Despite a growing literature on corporations as political actors, relatively little is known about how alcohol industry actors attempt to influence public policy.
Holden, Chris, Hawkins, Ben
core   +1 more source

Editorial: the role of statins in the treatment of alcohol‐related cirrhosis – Authors’ reply [PDF]

open access: yesAlimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2017
This article is linked to Hansi and Williams, and Bang et al papers. To view these articles visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.14277 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.14243.
U. C. Bang, T. Benfield, F. Bendtsen
openaire   +3 more sources

Hepatitis B viral load and risk for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia, West Africa. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The main objectives of this study were to define the occurrence and levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in asymptomatic HBV carriers, cirrhosis patients and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases from The Gambia, and to evaluate the risk for cirrhosis or
Whittle, H   +23 more
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Association among occupational class, alcohol consumption, and the risk of hospitalisations due to alcoholic liver diseases: a matched case-control study

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background This study aimed to identify the occupational class and specific occupations associated with hospitalisations due to alcohol-related liver disease and alcoholic liver cirrhosis, based on the distribution of alcohol consumption.
Shoko Nakazawa   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of liver stiffness measurement–based scores in liver transplantation recipients

open access: yesLiver Transplantation, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Combining bioclinical parameters with liver stiffness measurement (LSM) has improved the diagnostic performance of vibration‐controlled transient elastography (VCTE) for detection of advanced fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. However, this approach has not yet been tested in liver transplantation (LT) recipients.
Tamoore Arshad   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alcohol Prohibition and Cirrhosis [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper uses state-level data on cirrhosis death rates to examine the impact of state prohibitions, pre-1920 federal anti-alcohol policies, and constitutional prohibition on cirrhosis State prohibitions had a minimal impact on cirrhosis, especially ...
Jeffrey K. Miron, Angela K. Dills
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Job strain and alcohol intake: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual-participant data from 140,000 men and women. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The relationship between work-related stress and alcohol intake is uncertain. In order to add to the thus far inconsistent evidence from relatively small studies, we conducted individual-participant meta-analyses of the association between work-related ...
Westerlund, Hugo,   +332 more
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