Daily home-based low-volume paracentesis associated with greater risk of complications
1. For patients with refractory ascites, daily home-based low-volume paracentesis was associated with a greater risk of hyponatremia and acute ...
Tag: cirrhosis
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Child-Pugh Score: Prognosis, Classification & Cirrhosis Staging in Chronic Liver Disease [Classics Series]
1. The Child-Pugh score, derived from five clinical and lab measures (bilirubin, albumin, INR/prothrombin time, ascites, encephalopathy), is widely used ...
Study reports improvement in pediatric liver transplant outcomes over past decades
1. In approximately 14,000 pediatric patients across Europe who received a liver transplant between 1968-2017, the overall survival rate improved ...
The VALENCE trial: Sofosbuvir–ribavirin for hepatitis C [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark ...
LI-RADS outlines standards for liver imaging studies assessing HCC [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark ...
Uptake of hepatitis C treatment in people who inject drugs associated with decreased liver disease
1. Hepatitis C patients with undetectable hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA had reduced liver disease burden compared to those with ...
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Fazirsiran reduces Z-AAT protein production in alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
1. Fazirsiran is associated with a signifcant reduction of Z-AAT protein concentration in the serum and liver of those with ...
Evaluation of early vs standard liver transplant for alcohol-associated liver disease
1. In a cohort of patients with alcoholic liver disease, adherence to a 6-month abstinence period prior to liver transplant ...
#VisualAbstract: Increased albumin infusions did not improve decompensated cirrhosis
1. Administration of human albumin solution was shown not to lead to any clinical improvement in patients hospitalized with cirrhosis. ...
Liver cirrhosis linked to increased risk of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke
1. In this retrospective cohort study of Medicare patients, history of liver cirrhosis was associated with increased risk of stroke ...
