Liver Failure
Changing etiologies and outcome of liver failure in Southwest China
... of liver failure, in which the 5 leading causes were HBV, alcohol, drug, withdrawal of NUCs and ...chronic liver disease was HBV infection in China [2], but was alcoholism in western developed ...
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Acute-on-chronic liver failure: a review
... acute-on-chronic liver failure; however, it is recognized as an entity characterized by decompensation from an underlying chronic liver disease associated with organ failure that conveys high ...
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Progress in mesenchymal stem cell–based therapy for acute liver failure
... of liver failure At present, although there are fewer clinical studies on MSC therapy for liver failure, previous studies have con- sistently agreed that MSCs can effectively treat ...
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Prediction of posthepatectomy liver failure using transient elastography in patients with hepatitis B related hepatocellular carcinoma
... Using the calculated cutoff value of 14.0 Kpa, LSM had high specificity and negative predictive value for predicting PHLF. The value in liver failure group was significantly higher than that in ...
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Human cytomegalovirus and Epstein Barr virus infections, risk factors, and their influence on the liver function of patients with acute on chronic liver failure
... the Liver (2014) [13] and the Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Failure in China [21]: (1) acute deterioration of pre-existing HBV-related chronic liver disease or liver ...
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Acute Liver Failure : Management Update
... before liver transplantation (LT) facilities, the natural history of pediatric acute liver failure was for children to either survive or ...acute liver failure if he or she has a ...
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Preoperative Evaluation of Posthepatectomy Liver Failure Using MRI Based Liver Function Indices in Child Pugh Class A Patient
... facilitate liver failure risk assessments ...several liver function tests to determine their abilities to predict liver ...quantitative liver function tests should be used to determine ...
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Acid–base status and its clinical implications in critically ill patients with cirrhosis, acute-on-chronic liver failure and without liver disease
... Increased lactate levels in critically ill patients can result from both increased production (e.g., tissue malp- erfusion, impaired cellular oxygen metabolism dur- ing sepsis, hypermetabolic states) and reduced lactate ...
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Protocol based invasive intracranial pressure monitoring in acute liver failure: feasibility, safety and impact on management
... Acute liver failure; ALFSG: Acute Liver Failure Study Group; APACHE 2: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation 2; CCMU: Critical Care Medicine Unit; CO2: Carbon dioxide; CPP: Cerebral ...
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Successful Liver Transplants for Liver Failure Associated With Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency
... IU/L). Liver function was ...cadaveric liver, and a splenectomy was performed. Liver pathology showed signs of chronic cholestasis with extensive hepatolithiasis, moderate fibrosis, mild iron ...
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Validation of CLIF C ACLF score to define a threshold for futility of intensive care support for patients with acute on chronic liver failure
... renal failure as serum creatinine ≥ 2 mg/dl and/or re- quirement for renal replacement therapy; brain failure as hepatic encephalopathy graded III/IV according to the West Haven Criteria; liver ...
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A Systematic Review on Prognostic Indicators of Acute Liver Failure and Their Predictive Value for Poor Outcome
... Conclusion: This review provides a large amount of information, including the extensive list of worldwide used indicators to predict outcome in patients with acute liver failure. There is large ...
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When the heart kills the liver: acute liver failure in congestive heart failure
... as any observational cohort study, our report has some limitations. First of all we performed a retro- spective study were the findings of such an investiga- tion carry less persuasive force than those of a prospective ...
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Isolated liver transplantation for treatment of liver failure secondary to intestinal failure
... intestinal failure- associated liver disease (IFALD) ...abnormal liver function and 10% undergo liver failure ...and liver failure was strongly reduced by the introduction ...
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Copeptin in acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis: relationship with acute on chronic liver failure and short term survival
... organ failure in ACLF [5, ...End-stage Liver disease (MELD) and Child-Pugh score, do not ad- equately account for risks associated with hemodynamic derangement and organ ...organ failure (CLIF-C OF) ...
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Sequential Liver and Bone Marrow Transplantation for Treatment of Erythropoietic Protoporphyria
... after liver transplantation for EPP can correct the bio- chemical abnormality in EPP, eliminating photosensitiv- ity and recurrence of EPP injury in the liver ...the failure of the first bone marrow ...
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Original Article Different doses of partial liver irradiation promotes hepatic regeneration in rat
... Radiation-induced liver injury is one of the most deadly complications in the radiation therapy of primary liver cancer, and there is no effective treatment now ...induced liver injury patients die ...
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Neonatal Liver Cirrhosis Without Iron Overload Caused by Gestational Alloimmune Liver Disease
... alloimmune liver disease has emerged as the major cause of antenatal liver injury and ...neonatal liver failure with hepatic and extrahepatic iron overload, a clinical pre- sentation called ...
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New foe treated with old guns – supportive role of steroids in the treatment of acute severe hepatitis E
... acute liver injury who might profit from im- munosuppression and those who are likely to resolve HEV infection spontaneously without risk for acute liver ...
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Primary liver transplantation and liver retransplantation: comparison of health-related quality of life and mental status – a cross-sectional study
... Acute liver failure; CKF: Chronic kidney failure; DM: Diabetes mellitus; ESLD: End-stage liver disease; GH: General health; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HRQoL: Health-related ...
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