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High rates of tuberculosis in end-stage renal failure: the impact of international migration. [PDF]
, 2002 We studied a cohort of patients requiring renal dialysis who had migrated to the United Kingdom from tuberculosis (TB)-endemic countries and found extremely high rates of TB (1,187 cases per 100,000 per year), partly associated with end-stage diabetic ...
Javid, Babak +11 more
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Annals of Hepatology, 2012 Introduction. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is associated with a high in-hospital mortality rate ranging from 20-40%. The model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) has been suggested as a predictor of inhospital mortality in patients with SBP ...
Maiara Isabel Musskopf +5 more
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Intrarenal Resistance Index as a Prognostic Parameter in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis Compared with Other Hepatic Scoring Systems [PDF]
, 2012 Background and Aims: Patients with advanced liver cirrhosis who develop renal dysfunction have a poor prognosis. Elevated intrarenal resistance indices (RIs) due to renal vascular constriction have been described before in cirrhotic patients.
Kaiser, C. +7 more
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Gastroenterology Insights, 2022 Objectives: This study aims to determine cirrhotic patients’ clinical and laboratory characteristics, thereby examining the correlation between lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio and Child–Pugh and MELD/MELDNa scores.
Diem Thi Nguyen +7 more
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Annals of Hepatology, 2019 Introduction and aim: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a frequent complication of cirrhosis, but the clinical and prognostic significance of the progression of mental status in hospitalised cirrhotics is unknown.
Dariana C. Maggi +10 more
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Journal of Interventional Medicine, 2022 Purpose: To evaluate the dynamic changes in liver function after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation in patients with cirrhosis and to explore its association with clinical outcomes.
Chaoyang Wang +7 more
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An exploratory analysis of patient factors influencing acceptance of extended criteria liver grafts
Annals of Hepatology, 2022 Introduction and Objectives: There is a shortage of ideal donor organs with consequential increasing waitlist times, drop-off, and mortality. Teams have thus extended the donor criteria. Little is known about patients’ actual choices and what factors may
William Shanahan +4 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021 Background Liver and renal function evaluated by the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score, the MELD excluding the international normalized ratio (MELD_XI) score and the MELD including sodium (MELD_sodium) score have been considered predictors ...
Shengen Liao +7 more
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Heart India, 2023 Background: Recent research has increased amount of evidence for heart disease associated with cirrhosis, which has led to the definition of the entity cirrhotic cardiomyopathy.
Sridevi Chigullapalli +2 more
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Liver Regeneration and Cell Transplantation for End-Stage Liver Disease
, 2021 Liver transplantation is the only curative option for end-stage liver disease; however, the limitations of liver transplantation require further research into other alternatives.
Lungen Lu, Xiaobo Cai, Yan Li
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