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End-stage liver disease complications
Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2013Chronic liver disease causes significant morbidity and mortality because of any number of complications including hepatic encephalopathy, ascites, hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), and esophageal variceal hemorrhage (EVH).Predictors of response to lactulose, probiotics, and L-ornithine-L-aspartate therapy in minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) have been ...
Robert S, Rahimi, Don C, Rockey
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Prognostic models in end stage liver disease
Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2023Cirrhosis is a major cause of death worldwide, and is associated with significant health care costs. Even if milestones have been recently reached in understanding and managing end-stage liver disease (ESLD), the disease course remains somewhat difficult to prognosticate.
Ferrarese, A +7 more
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Nutrition in end stage liver disease
Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2006This chapter will focus on studies within the last 5 years of nutrition in end stage liver disease, but earlier studies illustrating the present state of affairs will also be mentioned. The first part will focus on descriptive epidemiological studies that help to set the scene for the intervention studies, which will be described in the second part ...
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Infectious Diseases in End-Stage Liver Disease Patients
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2010Patients with chronic liver diseases sustain impairment to immune systems, which worsens over time. These defects in their host defense lead to risks of bacterial infections and increased morbidity. Providers should have heightened surveillance for infectious diseases and suspect one with any acute change in status.
Aneesh K, Mehta, G Marshall, Lyon
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Hepatitis B and End-Stage Liver Disease
Clinics in Liver Disease, 2007Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common cause of chronic hepatitis and end-stage liver disease worldwide. Untreated, chronic hepatitis B acquired early in life results in cirrhosis, liver failure, or hepatocellular carcinoma in up to 40% of individuals.
Ilan S, Weisberg +2 more
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Nutrition Support in End-Stage Liver Disease
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2010Protein-calorie malnutrition is common in end-stage liver disease, irrespective of cause, and adversely affects clinical outcomes. Early diagnosis is important to allow appropriate intervention to prevent malnutrition-associated complications. Correction of nutrient deficiencies through oral supplementation, enteral tube feeding, or parenteral feeding ...
Vivian M, Zhao, Thomas R, Ziegler
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Paediatrics and Child Health, 2013
Abstract Around 1200 children in the UK are under surveillance after liver transplantation for end stage liver disease (ESLD) and about 600 additional children have ESLD, but are not yet in need of transplantation. ESLD occurs in the context of extensive structural liver damage in which blood flow through the sinusoids, and the production and ...
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Abstract Around 1200 children in the UK are under surveillance after liver transplantation for end stage liver disease (ESLD) and about 600 additional children have ESLD, but are not yet in need of transplantation. ESLD occurs in the context of extensive structural liver damage in which blood flow through the sinusoids, and the production and ...
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End‐stage renal disease in liver transplants
Clinical Transplantation, 2001Renal dysfunction is one of the most significant problems following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx). Since the major risk factor for delayed renal dysfunction following OLTx is presumed to be cyclosporine (CsA) nephrotoxicity, it has been suggested that CsA is the most probably cause of end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) in this population of ...
M, Lynn +3 more
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End-stage liver disease in children
Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2001The treatment of children with end-stage liver disease involves the coordinated management of nutritional deficiencies, ascites, pruritus, encephalopathy, and portal hypertension. The implementation of management strategies depends upon a parent or guardian to administer the plan in the context of a child at different stages of developmental ...
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Management of End-stage Liver Disease
Medical Clinics of North America, 2014Patients with cirrhosis who experience hepatic decompensation, such as the development of ascites, SBP, variceal hemorrhage, or hepatic encephalopathy, or who develop HCC, are at a higher risk of mortality. Management should be focused on the prevention of recurrence of complications, and these patients should be referred for consideration of liver ...
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