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Nutrition in pediatric end-stage liver disease
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic CarePurpose of review The aim of this review is to outline recent studies relating to nutritional status and outcomes in pediatric end-stage liver disease. Main findings Pediatric patients with chronic and end-stage liver disease are at high risk of malnutrition. Given additional growth
Tejas S, Desai +3 more
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Hemostatic Defects in End Stage Liver Disease
Critical Care Clinics, 2005End stage liver disease results in a complex and variably severe failure of hemostasis that predisposes to abnormal bleeding. The diverse spectrum of hemostatic defects includes impaired synthesis of clotting factors, excessive fibrinolysis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, thrombocytopenia, and platelet dysfunction.
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Infections in Patients With End-stage Liver Disease
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2007Infections in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients. Abnormalities in their natural defense mechanisms, alterations in the enteric flora and the growing utilization of invasive procedures increase the risk of infections in these patients.
Rekha, Cheruvattath, Vijayan, Balan
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Glomerulonephritis with end-stage liver disease in childhood
The Lancet, 1992Renal biopsies were done perioperatively in 18 children receiving liver grafts. All specimens showed glomerulonephritis, which was mesangial-proliferative in 15 and mesangio-capillary in 3. Of the 16 children who were alive four or more months after transplantation, only 1 showed progressive deterioration of renal function; 1 other had a subnormal but ...
G, Noble-Jamieson +4 more
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Cirrhosis and End-Stage Liver Disease
2018An experienced surgeon always approaches cirrhosis or end-stage liver disease with some trepidation. In the chapter that follows, we review the management of system and specific scenarios encountered while caring for critically ill patients with severe liver disease before and after surgery.
James M. Tatum, Eric J. Ley
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Cholestasis and end-stage liver disease.
Bailliere's clinical gastroenterology, 1999Protein-energy malnutrition is an inevitable consequence of chronic liver disease, particularly in the developing infant. Severe malnutrition with loss of fat stores and muscle wasting affects between 60% and 80% of infants with liver disease (Beath, 1993a; Holt et al, 1997).
S M, Protheroe, D A, Kelly
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Critically Ill Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2019Patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) who require intensive care unit admission have high rates of mortality. This article reviews the pathophysiology and emergency department assessment and management of the most frequent conditions and complications encountered in critically ill ESLD patients including hepatic encephalopathy, gastrointestinal ...
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