The use of non-selective beta-blockers in patients with cirrhosis: more doubts than certainties [PDF]
, 2017 In conclusion, prospective RCT would be needed on the use of NSBBs in decompensated cirrhotic patients with ascites however these trials are difficult to organize and will need a large sample size.
Di Gregorio, Vincenza +3 more
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Delta MELD as a predictor of early outcome in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation
The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020 Background/Aims: An increased post-operative mortality risk has been reported among patients who undergo living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with higher model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores.
Şencan Acar +4 more
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MELD-GRAIL-Na Is a Better Predictor of Mortality Than MELD in Korean Patients with Cirrhosis
Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: The Child–Pugh (CP) score and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) are classical systems for predicting mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC).
Jung-Woo Kim +4 more
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Blind protein structure prediction using accelerated free-energy simulations. [PDF]
, 2016 We report a key proof of principle of a new acceleration method [Modeling Employing Limited Data (MELD)] for predicting protein structures by molecular dynamics simulation.
Brini, Emiliano +4 more
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SURGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS – A LITERATURE REVIEW [PDF]
Journal of IMABPatients with chronic liver injury and liver cirrhosis develop disease-specific pathophysiological abnormalities. These specific findings compromise the functional activity of other organs and systems, leading to poor postoperative outcomes and increased
Elina Merashka
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Revision of MELD to include serum albumin improves prediction of mortality on the liver transplant waiting list. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Allocation of donor livers for transplantation in most regions is based on the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) or MELD-sodium (MELDNa). Our objective was to assess revisions to MELD and MELDNa that include serum albumin for predicting waiting ...
Robert P Myers +4 more
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MELD–Na as a prognostic score for cirrhotic patients
Journal de la Faculté de Médecine d'Oran, 2023 Background-The high mortality of cirrhosis is a global public health problem. For predicting the outcome of patients with cirrhosis, many prognostic models were proposed.The new Model for End-Stage Liver Disease including serum sodium (MELD-Na) has been ...
Yousra Meguenni +5 more
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The Royal Free Hospital score: a calibrated prognostic model for patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care unit. Comparison with current models and CLIF-SOFA score [PDF]
, 2014 Prognosis for patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) is poor. ICU prognostic models are more accurate than liver-specific models.
Agarwal, B +6 more
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Clostridioides difficile Infection and Liver Cirrhosis – A Retrospective, Cohort Study
Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 2021 Nikhitha Mantri,1 Harish Patel,1,2 Kanthi Rekha Badipatla,1,2 Haozhe Sun,1 Danial Shaikh,1,2 Sudharsan Gongati,1 Suresh Kumar Nayudu1,2 1Department of Medicine, Bronx Care Health System, Affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bronx, NY,
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Interleukin-22 predicts severity and death in advanced liver cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Interleukin-22 (IL-22), recently identified as a crucial parameter of pathology in experimental liver damage, may determine survival in clinical end-stage liver disease.
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