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Indications for pediatric liver transplantation [PDF]

, 1987
Two hundred fifty pediatric (
Andreas G. Tzakis, Baburao Koneru, Carlos O. Esquivel, Esquivel, Esquivel, Gordon, Iwatsuki, Leonard Makowka, National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement, Robert D. Gordon, Satoru Todo, Shaw, Shaw, Shunzaburo Iwatsuki, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Thomas E. Starzl, Tzakis, Urbach, Wallis W. Marsh   +21 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
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Effect of end-stage liver disease on left atrial function

Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal, 2020
Background Hepatic cirrhosis causes structural and functional myocardial changes. Parameters of left atrial (LA) function provided novel insights and have prognostic significance in many cardiac patients.
Eman R Zaki, Eman R Mohamed, Mohamed A Elghobary, Eman E Elshemy   +3 more
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Thrombocytopenia in end-stage renal disease and chronic viral hepatitis B or C [PDF]

, 2018
Objectives. We evaluated platelet counts in end-stage renal disease and chronic viral hepatitis. Materials and Methods. We studied 70 patients with end-stage renal disease and chronic viral hepatitis and compared them to a control group of 45 patients ...
Breaban, Iulia, Ciulei, George, Cozma, Angela, Negrean, Vasile, Orasan, Olga Hilda, Orasan, Remus Aurel, Patiu, Ioan Mihai, Sampelean, Dorel, Secara, Sorina Cezara, Sitar Taut, Adela, Stefan, Andreea Maria, Tarmure Sarlea, Simina, Urian, Laura   +12 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
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Utility of Serum YKL-40 as a Tumor-Specific Marker of Hepatobiliary Malignancies

Gut and Liver, 2010
Background/Aims: Serum YKL-40 has been linked to several human cancers. We investigated the potential role of serum YKL-40 as a marker of hepatobiliary malignancies.
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
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Albumin for End-Stage Liver Disease

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2012
Albumin has been widely used in patients with cirrhosis in an attempt to improve circulatory and renal functions. The benefits of albumin infusions in preventing the deterioration in renal function associated with large-volume paracentesis, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and established hepatorenal syndrome in conjunction with a vasoconstrictor are
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Ethnic Differences in the Association Between SOD2 rs4880 and Hepatotoxicity in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report From the REDIAL Consortium

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Treatment‐associated hepatotoxicity (TAH) is a common complication of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment, but genetic risk factors remain poorly understood. We evaluated the SOD2 rs4880 variant in 544 children with ALL at Texas Children's Hospital. After adjusting for demographic and clinical covariates, the rs4880 C allele
Emily J. Mason, John P. Woodhouse, Joanna S. Yi, M. Monica Gramatges, Olga A. Taylor, Veronica A. Morales, Shalini Dhamodharan, Marley Roberts, Karen R. Rabin, Philip J. Lupo, Michael E. Scheurer, Van Huynh, Steven D. Mittelman, Etan Orgel, Austin L. Brown   +14 more
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Predicting End-Stage Renal Disease After Liver Transplant [PDF]

American Journal of Transplantation, 2013
Few equations have been developed to predict end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after deceased donor liver transplant. This retrospective observational cohort study analyzed all adult deceased donor liver transplant recipients in the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) database, 1995-2010.
A K, Israni, H, Xiong, J, Liu, N, Salkowski, J F, Trotter, J J, Snyder, B L, Kasiske   +6 more
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