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Cost-effectiveness of non-invasive methods for assessment and monitoring of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic liver disease: systematic review and economic evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Liver biopsy is the reference standard for diagnosing the extent of fibrosis in chronic liver disease; however, it is invasive, with the potential for serious complications.
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A validation study of the CirCom comorbidity score in an English cirrhosis population using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Purpose: The CirCom score has been developed from Danish data as a specific measure of comorbidity for cirrhosis to predict all-cause mortality. We compared its performance with the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) in an English cirrhosis population ...
Crooks, Colin J.   +2 more
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Skeletal muscle myopenia in mice model of bile duct ligation and carbon tetrachloride-induced liver cirrhosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Skeletal muscle myopathy is universal in cirrhotic patients, however, little is known about the main mechanisms involved. The study aims to investigate skeletal muscle morphological, histological, and functional modifications in experimental models of ...
Ascenzi, Francesca   +11 more
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The bile duct ligated rat : a relevant model to study muscle mass loss in cirrhosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Muscle mass loss and hepatic encephalopathy (complex neuropsychiatric disorder) are serious complications of chronic liver disease (cirrhosis) which impact negatively on clinical outcome and quality of life and increase mortality.
Bosoi, Cristina R.   +7 more
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Liver transplantation for viral hepatitis in 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease and for patients with liver cell cancer related to liver disease.
Bortoluzzi, Ilaria   +8 more
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Trends in Characteristics, Mortality, and Other Outcomes of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cirrhosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Importance: Changes in the characteristics of patients with cirrhosis are likely to affect future outcomes and are important to understand in planning for the care of this population.
Chalasani, Naga   +6 more
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Frailty is independently associated with increased hospitalisation days in patients on the liver transplant waitlist [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
AIM: To investigate the impact of physical frailty on risk of hospitalisation in cirrhotic patients on the liver transplant waitlist. METHODS: Cirrhotics listed for liver transplantation at a single centre underwent frailty assessments using the Fried ...
Dodge, Jennifer L   +3 more
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Delayed hepatic rupture post ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy: A case report. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
RATIONALE: Hemorrhage, one of complications after liver biopsy, is often identified immediately after the procedure while delayed liver rupture is relatively rare.
Huang, Jia-Yan, Liu, Ji-Bin, Lu, Qiang
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Frailty and the Burden of Concurrent and Incident Disability in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Frailty results from the chronic effects of malnutrition and muscle wasting in patients with cirrhosis. It is well-established that frailty is strongly associated with mortality in this population.
Covinsky, Kenneth E   +4 more
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