Indwelling Pleural Catheters in Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Single-Center Series of Outcomes and Complications [PDF]
, 2018 Background Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax (HH) generally involves sodium restriction, diuretics, and serial thoracentesis. In more advanced cases, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and liver transplantation may be required.
Bosslet, Gabriel +3 more
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Gastroenterology, 2015 BACKGROUND & AIMS Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has been predicted to become the leading indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States.
R. Wong +6 more
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Acute pancreatitis after liver transplantation: incidence and contributing factors [PDF]
, 1995 In order to assess the incidence and possible predisposing and contributing factors in the development of acute pancreatitis after liver transplantation, we reviewed the medical records of all 1832 adult patients who underwent 2161 orthotopic liver ...
Fung, JJ +7 more
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Gastroenterology, 2018 BACKGROUND & AIMS Outcomes of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are determined by cancer-related and non-related events. Treatments for hepatitis C virus infection have reduced non-cancer events among patients receiving liver ...
V. Mazzaferro +11 more
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Can We Predict Individual Concentrations of Tacrolimus After Liver Transplantation? Application and Tweaking of a Published Population Pharmacokinetic Model in Clinical Practice [PDF]
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 2021, 43 (4), pp.490-498, 2023 Background: Various population pharmacokinetic models have been developed to describe the pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in adult liver transplantation. However, their extrapolated predictive performance remains unclear in clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to predict concentrations using a selected literature model and to improve these ...
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Development of colon cancer after liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with ulcerative colitis [PDF]
, 1990 Between February 26, 1981, and July 30, 1987, 36 patients underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with ulcerative colitis.
Higashi, H +5 more
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Transplantation, 2019 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects 25% of the global adult population with a range of 13.5% in Africa and 31.8% in the Middle East. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is closely associated with a constellation of metabolic comorbidities which
Z. Younossi +3 more
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Isohemagglutinins of Graft Origin after ABO-Unmatched Liver Transplantation [PDF]
, 1984 THE increasing success of liver transplantation in recent years has provided an experimental model to study and document the hepatic synthesis of many plasma proteins.12345 The normal hepatobiliary tract has not been regarded as a major source of ...
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Successful orthotopic liver transplantation in an adult patient with sickle cell disease and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2013 Sickle cell disease can lead to hepatic complications ranging from acute hepatic crises to chronic liver disease including intrahepatic cholestasis, and iron overload.
Blinder, Morey A. +7 more
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Ischaemia reperfusion injury in liver transplantation: Cellular and molecular mechanisms
Liver international (Print), 2019 Liver disease causing end organ failure is a growing cause of mortality. In most cases, the only therapy is liver transplantation. However, liver transplantation is a complex undertaking and its success is dependent on a number of factors. In particular,
W. Dar +4 more
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