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Palliative Care in End-Stage Liver Disease

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Chronic liver disease is a significant global cause of morbidity and mortality. While early-stage liver cirrhosis is often asymptomatic, it can progress to a decompensated phase known as end-stage liver disease (ESLD), resulting in a high symptom burden,
Luisa Sousa, Sofia Marques Silva, Francisca Rego, Rui Nunes, Hugo M. Oliveira   +4 more
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Model for End-stage Liver Disease [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2013
Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score, initially developed to predict survival following transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt was subsequently found to be accurate predictor of mortality amongst patents with end-stage liver disease.
Ashwani K, Singal, Patrick S, Kamath
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Fluctuations of estimated glomerular filtration rate outside kidney disease improving global outcomes diagnostic criteria for acute kidney injury in end-stage liver disease outpatients and outcome postliver transplantation [PDF]

, 2017
Background. Renal dysfunction in end-stage liver disease (ESLD) results fromsystemic conditions that affect both liver and kidney with activation of vasoconstrictor systems.
Berloco, Pasquale Bartolomeo, Cappoli, Andrea, Fiacco, Federica, GINANNI CORRADINI, Stefano, Melandro, Fabio, Merli, Manuela, Mitterhofer, Anna Paola, Nofroni, Italo, Poli, Edoardo, Rossi, Massimo, Tinti, Francesca, Umbro, Ilaria, Zavatto, Assunta   +12 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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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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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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The role of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [PDF]

, 2017
Due to the epidemic of obesity across the world, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become one of the most prevalent chronic liver disorders in children and adolescents.
Anania, Caterina, Lavorato, Michela, Perla, Francesco Massimo, Prelati, Maurizia, Visicchio, Daniele   +4 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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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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