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From Child-Pugh to MELD score and beyond: Taking a walk down memory lane

Annals of Hepatology, 2022
The Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) and the MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) scores were designed to predict the outcome of decompressive therapy for portal hypertension.
Andres Ruf, Melisa Dirchwolf, Richard B. Freeman   +2 more
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Palliative Care in Advanced Liver Disease: Similar or Different Palliative Care Needs in Patients with a Prospect of Transplantation? Prospective Study from a Portuguese University Hospital and Transplantation Center

GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2023
Background and Aims: End-stage liver disease (ESLD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, comparable to a large extent to other organ insufficiencies. The need for palliative care (PC) in patients with ESLD is high.
Sara Neves Vieira da Silva, Patricia Baptista, Isabel Fonseca Silva, Elga Freire, Helena Pessegueiro Miranda   +4 more
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Liver Transplantation for Alagille's Syndrome [PDF]

, 1993
Twenty-three children with Alagille's syndrome and end-stage liver disease underwent liver transplantation with cyclosporine and low-dose steroid immunosuppression. Two to 9 years (mean, 4.4 years) after surgery, 13 (57%) of the children were still alive,
Reyes, J, Starzl, TE, Tepetes, K, Todo, S, Tzakis, AG, Tzoracoleftherakis, V   +5 more
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Right Heart Remodeling in Patients with End-Stage Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis: Speckle Tracking Point of View [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Data regarding cardiac remodeling in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis are scarce. We sought to investigate right atrial (RA) and right ventricular (RV) structure, function, and mechanics in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis.
Braun, Alexander, Cuspidi, Cesare, Heinzel, Frank, Koeckritz, Francisca von, Pieske, Burkert, Schmuck, Rosa B., Tadic, Marijana, Teegen, Eva M., Zhang, Kun   +8 more
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The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score and the Follow-Up Period Can Cause the Shift of Circulating Lymphocyte Subsets in Liver Transplant Recipients

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Little is known about the shift of lymphocytes under the condition of the model for end-stage liver disease score and the follow-up period. Then, we detected the peripheral blood from liver transplant recipients by flow cytometry and compared the results.
Fei Pan, Shuang Cao, Xian-Liang Li, Ya-nan Jia, Ruo-lin Wang, Qiang He, Ji-Qiao Zhu   +6 more
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Palliative Care in End-Stage Liver Disease Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation: Review

GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
Introduction: End-stage liver disease (ESLD) is the advanced phase of most liver diseases. The cure is liver transplantation (LT), only available for a minority of patients.
Sara Vieira Silva, Elga Freire, Helena Pessegueiro Miranda   +2 more
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Monoclonal anti-envelope antibody AP33 protects humanized mice against a patient-derived hepatitis C virus challenge [PDF]

, 2016
End-stage liver disease caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major indication for liver transplantation. However, immediately after transplantation the liver graft of viremic patients universally becomes infected by circulating virus ...
Baumert, Thomas F., Cole, Sarah, Desombere, Isabelle, Fafi-Kremer, Samira, Farhoudi, Ali, Heydmann, Laura, Leroux-Roels, Geert, McKeating, Jane A., Meuleman, Philip, Patel, Arvind H., Pessaux, Patrick, Van Houtte, Freya, Verhoye, Lieven   +12 more
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Successful orthotopic liver transplantation in an adult patient with sickle cell disease and review of the literature [PDF]

, 2013
Sickle cell disease can lead to hepatic complications ranging from acute hepatic crises to chronic liver disease including intrahepatic cholestasis, and iron overload.
Blinder, Morey A., Chapman, William, Crippin, Jeffrey S., Field, Joshua J., Geng, B., Korenblat, Kevin, Lisker-Melman, Mauricio, Shenoy, Shalini   +7 more
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Interleukin-22 predicts severity and death in advanced liver cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Interleukin-22 (IL-22), recently identified as a crucial parameter of pathology in experimental liver damage, may determine survival in clinical end-stage liver disease.
Bachmann, Malte, Brunner, Friederike, Filmann, Natalie, Herrmann, Eva, Kapper, Lisa, Kronenberger, Bernd, Mühl, Heiko, Pfeilschifter, Josef Martin (Prof. Dr.), Piiper, Albrecht, Rudloff, Ina, Waidmann, Oliver, Zeuzem, Stefan   +11 more
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Palliative Care and End-Stage Liver Disease [PDF]

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2014
The concurrent care model of palliative care is a widely accepted model for how palliative care should be delivered (1). A palliative care approach is focused on improving the quality of life for a patient and often involves symptom management and communication about the disease process and overall goals of care.
Anne M, Walling, Neil S, Wenger
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