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Clinical applications of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) in hepatic medicine

Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research, 2013
Tsang Lau, Jawad AhmadDivision of Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USAAbstract: The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score incorporates serum bilirubin, creatinine, and the international normalized ratio (INR) into a ...
Lau T, Ahmad J
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Systematic Sex-Based Inequity in the MELD Score-Based Allocation System for Liver Transplantation in Germany

Transplant International
In liver allocation systems based on the Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, sex inequities have been identified in countries with high organ donation rates.
Leke Wiering, Leke Wiering, Annette Aigner, Marieke van Rosmalen, Brigitta Globke, Brigitta Globke, Tomasz Dziodzio, Nathanael Raschzok, Nathanael Raschzok, Münevver Demir, Wenzel Schöning, Frank Tacke, Petra Reinke, Johann Pratschke, Robert Öllinger, Paul V. Ritschl, Paul V. Ritschl   +16 more
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Polyethylene Glycol Epirubicin-Loaded Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Procedures Utilizing a Combined Approach with 100 and 200 μm Microspheres: A Promising Alternative to Current Standards [PDF]

, 2019
PURPOSE:To report clinical effectiveness, toxicity profile, and prognostic factors of combined 100 μm ± 25 and 200 μm ± 50 epirubicin-loaded polyethylene glycol (PEG) microsphere drug-eluting embolic transcatheter arterial chemoembolization protocol in ...
Argirò, Renato, Bezzi, M., Catalano, C, Corona, M, Corradini, Sg, Corsi, A, De Rubeis, G, Fiorentino, F, Lucatelli, Pierleone, Mennini, G, Nardis, Pg, Rocco, Bianca, Saba, Luca   +12 more
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Surgery in Liver Diseases: Perioperative Evaluation & Management [PDF]

, 2016
Many patients with liver disease would have to undergo surgery. Surgery and anesthesia in patients with liver disease are associated with extremely high perioperative complications and mortality.
Kholili, U. (Ulfa), Syalini, D. A. (Denada)   +1 more
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Frailty is independently associated with increased hospitalisation days in patients on the liver transplant waitlist [PDF]

, 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, Lai, Jennifer C, Poltayskiy, Eduard, Sinclair, Marie   +3 more
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MELD3.0 is superior to MELDNa and MELD for prediction of mortality in patients with cirrhosis: An external validation in a multi‐ethnic population

JGH Open
Background and Aim The model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD) was updated to MELDNa and recently to MELD3.0 to predict survival of cirrhotic patients.
Hong‐Yi Lin, Pooi Ling Loi, Jeanette Ng, Liang Shen, Wei‐Quan Teo, Amber Chung, Prema Raj, Jason Pik‐Eu Chang   +7 more
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Static and dynamic prognostic factors for hepatitis-B-related acute-on-chronic liver failure [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2015
Background/AimsHepatitis-B-related acute-on-chronic liver failure has a poor prognosis. However, the advent of potent oral antiviral agents means that some patients can now recover with medical treatment.
Jung Min Ha, Won Sohn, Ju Yeon Cho, Jeung Hui Pyo, Kyu Choi, Dong Hyun Sinn, Geum-Youn Gwak, Moon Seok Choi, Joon Hyeok Lee, Kwang Chul Koh, Seung Woon Paik, Byung Chul Yoo, Yong-Han Paik   +12 more
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Model for end-stage liver disease exceptions: Proceed with caution [PDF]

Liver Transplantation, 2011

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Plasma von Willebrand factor levels predict in-hospital survival in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Circulating levels of von Willebrand factor (vWF) predict mortality in patients with cirrhosis. We hypothesized that systemic inflammation in acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) will stimulate endothelium, increase vWF levels, and ...
Amirtharaj, GJ, Balasubramanian, KA, Eapen, CE, Elias, E, Goel, A, Mackie, I, Prasanna, KS, Ramachandran, A, Sajith, KG, Zachariah, U   +9 more
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Natural history and outcome in systemic AA amyloidosis [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND:Deposition of amyloid fibrils derived from circulating acute-phase reactant serum amyloid A protein (SAA) causes systemic AA amyloidosis, a serious complication of many chronic inflammatory disorders.
Gallimore, JR, Gilbertson, JA, Gillmore, JD, Goodman, HJB, Hawkins, PN, Lachmann, HJ, Sabin, CA   +6 more
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