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TIPS: indications, Contraindications, and Evaluation
Purpose of ReviewThis review summarizes the current and emerging indications, contraindications, and evaluation for TIPS. In the last three decades...
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3D automatic liver and spleen assessment in predicting overt hepatic encephalopathy before TIPS: a multi-center study
BackgroundOvert hepatic encephalopathy (HE) should be predicted preoperatively to identify suitable candidates for transjugular intrahepatic...
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Optimising End of Life Care for Patients With End Stage Liver Disease: A Review
Purpose of ReviewThis review describes the challenges and possible solutions for improving access for patients with end stage liver disease to...
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Hepatic-associated vascular morphological assessment to predict overt hepatic encephalopathy before TIPS: a multicenter study
BackgroundTo provide patients the chance of accepting curative transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) rather than palliative treatments...
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Perioperative Management of the Patient with End-Stage Liver Disease
Purpose of ReviewEnd-stage liver disease is associated with increased perioperative morbidity and mortality. This narrative review provides a summary...
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Unusual manifestation of gastric adenocarcinoma presenting with lymphedema, chylothorax, and chylous ascites
A 62-year-old Thai man with a 2-year history of bilateral lymphedema and an unprovoked left axillary vein thrombosis presented with progressive leg,...
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Efficacy of long-term albumin therapy in the treatment of decompensated cirrhosis
Background and AimsDecompensated liver cirrhosis has a poor prognosis, with a median overall survival of two to four years, which is worse than for...
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APASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of acute kidney injury in acute-on-chronic liver failure
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a syndrome that is characterized by the rapid development of organ failures predisposing these patients to a...
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Improving diagnostic accuracy of identifying gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastases: tumor-guided cell-free DNA analysis of peritoneal fluid
Detection of peritoneal dissemination (PD) in gastric cancer (GC) patients remains challenging. The feasibility of tumor-guided cell-free DNA (cfDNA)...
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Tolerance of standard dose albumin infused over 6 hrs for treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis—A randomized controlled trial
Background and AimsTwenty per cent albumin (1.5 g/kg at diagnosis and 1 g/kg on day three, infused over six-hour duration) is recommended...
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Intravitreal triple therapy with vancomycin, ceftazidime, and moxifloxacin for bacterial endophthalmitis: A Twelve-year experience
PurposeIncreasing rates of antibiotic resistance in endophthalmitis have been reported. This study examines outcomes of triple therapy with...
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Arterial Embolism After Facial Fat Grafting: A Systematic Literature Review
BackgroundWhile autologous fat grafting of the face is considered a generally safe procedure, severe complications such as arterial embolism (AE)...
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A Telemonitoring Intervention for Cirrhotic Ascites Management Is Cost-Saving
BackgroundPatients with cirrhosis and ascites experience frequent hospital admissions, leading to poor quality of life and high healthcare costs....
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Management of AKI in Patients with Cirrhosis
Purpose of ReviewThe development of acute failure of the kidneys in the context of decompensated cirrhosis represents one of the most challenging...
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Patients with refractory ascites treated with alfapump® system have better health-related quality of life as compared to those treated with large volume paracentesis: the results of a multicenter randomized controlled study
BackgroundRefractory ascites (RA) is a complication of cirrhosis which is treated with large volume paracentesis (LVP) as the standard of care....
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Human albumin infusion is safe and effective even in patients without acute kidney injury and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Background and ObjectivesHuman albumin (HA) solution is currently recommended only for patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and...
