Intrarenal Resistance Index as a Prognostic Parameter in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis Compared with Other Hepatic Scoring Systems [PDF]
, 2012 Background and Aims: Patients with advanced liver cirrhosis who develop renal dysfunction have a poor prognosis. Elevated intrarenal resistance indices (RIs) due to renal vascular constriction have been described before in cirrhotic patients.
Kaiser, C. +7 more
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Sympathetic Nervous System Catecholamines and Neuropeptide Y Neurotransmitters Are Upregulated in Human NAFLD and Modulate the Fibrogenic Function of Hepatic Stellate Cells [PDF]
, 2013 Background Sympathetic nervous system (SNS) signalling regulates murine hepatic fibrogenesis through effects on hepatic stellate cells (HSC), and obesity-related hypertension with SNS activation accelerates progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver ...
Vander Borght, S +35 more
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Studies of liver phosphorylase in hepatic injuries. I. Alteration in enzyme activity [PDF]
, 1978 Phosphorylase activities (total and a form) were determined in the livers of experimental hepatic injuries with carbon tetrachloride or galactosamine and the livers of patients with liver diseases.
Kobayashi, Michio
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Invasive pulmonary mucormycosis and aspergillosis in a patient with decompensated hepatic cirrhosis
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018 Invasive pulmonary mucormycosis and aspergillosis are rare, life-threatening fungal infections. Most documented cases have been reported in non-cirrhotic patients with diabetes mellitus, neutropenia, or treatment with corticosteroids.
Jon G. Persichino +4 more
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Hepatic arterial vasodilation is independent of portal hypertension in early stages of cirrhosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The compensatory increase in hepatic arterial flow with a decrease in portal venous flow is known as the hepatic arterial buffer response. In cirrhosis with elevated portal pressure, the vascular resistance of the hepatic artery is decreased.
Miriam Moeller +4 more
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Dose adaptation of drugs in patients with liver disease [PDF]
, 2009 A detailed introduction into the topic was obtained by developing a German-language online course named “Dose adjustment in Patients with Liver Disease” for the “Swiss Virtual Campus” in collaboration with PNN AG, a spin-off company of the ETH Zurich.
Schlatter-Häner, Chantal
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Refractory Hepatic Hydrothorax in Chronic Hepatitis C Controlled by Direct-acting Antivirals
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020 Hepatic hydrothorax is a transudative pleural effusion that complicates advanced liver cirrhosis. Patients refractory to medical treatment plus salt restriction and diuretics are considered to have refractory hepatic hydrothorax and may require ...
Myung Hee Kim +5 more
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2022 Background The present study investigates if common missense functional variants p.I148M and p.E167K in PNPLA3 and TM6SF2 genes, respectively, associate with development of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis in a geographically novel cohort of Pakistani ...
Bisma Rauff +7 more
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Sepsis in cirrhosis: report on the 7th meeting of the International Ascites Club [PDF]
, 2005 Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to the presence of infection, mediated via the production of many cytokines, including tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1, which cause changes in the circulation ...
Wong, F. +23 more
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The thymus in hepatic cirrhosis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1963 A post-mortem examination, in the case of a 34-year-old man dying suddenly from head injuries sustained in a road accident, showed early cirrhosis of the liver and associated splenomegaly 17 years after an attack of infective hepatitis. The histology of the thymus showed abnormal changes in the medulla, consisting of epithelial hyperplasia and the ...
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