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Gastroenterology, 2019 BACKGROUND & AIMS Frailty is associated with mortality in patients with cirrhosis. We measured frailty using 3 simple tests and calculated Liver Frailty Index (LFI) scores for patients at multiple ambulatory centers.
J. Lai +13 more
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Improved quality of life in patients with refractory or recidivant ascites after insertion of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts [PDF]
, 2002 Background. We have recently shown that the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is more effective than paracentesis in the treatment of cirrhotic patients with severe ascites and can prolong survival in selected patients.
Bilzer, M. +5 more
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Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2012 Hepatic encephalopathy can be a serious complication of acute liver failure and chronic liver diseases, predominantly liver cirrhosis. Hyperammonemia plays the most important role in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy.
Irena Ciećko-Michalska +3 more
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Recent advances in hepatic encephalopathy [version 1; referees: 4 approved]
F1000Research, 2017 Hepatic encephalopathy describes the array of neurological alterations that occur during acute liver failure or chronic liver injury. While key players in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy, such as increases in brain ammonia, alterations in ...
Victoria Liere +2 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009 Introduction Hepatic encephalopathy may be initiated by many factors such as gastrointestinal bleeding, infections, fluid and electrolyte disturbances.
Ustaoglu Muge +4 more
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Comparison of conservative treatment versus transcatheter arterial embolisation for the treatment of spontaneously ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: To elucidate the prognostic factors in the spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to determine whether transcatheter arterial embolisation (TAE) is associated with better prognosis compared to conservative treatment.
Baba, Yasutaka +8 more
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Concise review of current concepts on nomenclature and pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy
Medicina, 2014 Hepatic encephalopathy is a neuropsychiatric complication of liver cirrhosis the symptoms of which may vary from imperceptible to severe, invaliding, and even lethal.
Ilona Savlan +2 more
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022 Hepatic encephalopathy is a common complication in chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. Here we describe two patients with hepatic encephalopathy who did not respond to standard empiric treatment and were found to have non-convulsive status epilepticus ...
Anthony Nguyen +4 more
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Hepatology, 2019 Muscle alterations (myosteatosis and sarcopenia) are frequent in cirrhosis and related to some complications including overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE).
S. Nardelli +6 more
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Targeting the muscle for the treatment and prevention of hepatic encephalopathy [PDF]
, 2016 Muscle mass loss or sarcopenia is a principle component of malnutrition which prevails in 65–90% of patients with end-stage liver disease [1]. Intuitively, the roots of malnutrition play a precipitating role in muscle catabolism.
Bémeur, Chantal +2 more
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