Cirrhosis & Chronic Liver Failure

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Cirrhosis & Chronic Liver Failure

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General

General

Tapper. Diagnosis and Management of Cirrhosis and Its Complications. A Review. JAMA 2023;329(18):1589-1602

Background

Pathophysiology

Conditions

Surgery

Kaltenbach. Assessing the risk of surgery in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun 2023;7(4):e0086

Complications

General

Abraldes. Update in the Treatment of the Complications of Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023;21(8):2100-2109

Haemostasis

Paediatrics

Banc-Husu. Beyond Varices: Complications of Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension in Pediatrics. Semin Liver Dis 2023;43(01):100-116

Sepsis

Ndomba. Management of sepsis in a cirrhotic patient admitted to the intensive care unit: A systematic literature review. World J Hepatol 2023;15(6):850-866

Fungal Infections

Barros. Invasive fungal infections in liver diseases. Hepatol Commun 2023;7(9):e0216

Portopulmonary Hypertension

Jasso-Baltazar. Portopulmonary Hypertension: An Updated Review. Transplant Direct 2023;9:e1517

Hyperammonaemia

Duarte. What every Intensivist should know about the role of ammonia in liver failure. J Crit Care 2023;epublished November 7th

Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy

Liu. Cardiomyopathy in cirrhosis: From pathophysiology to clinical care. JHEP Rep 2024; 6(1):100911

Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis

Riva. How to manage splanchnic vein thrombosis in patients with liver disease. Hematol Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 2023;2023(1):281-288

Acute Kidney Injury

Winters. The prognostic implications of early-stage AKI: Defining the threshold for concern. Liver Transplantation 2024;30(3):235-236

Decompensation

Xu. Acute decompensation of cirrhosis versus acute-on-chronic liver failure: what are the clinical implications? United European Gastroenterol J. 2024;epublished February 20th

Portal Vein Thrombosis

Boccatonda. Portal Vein Thrombosis: State-of-the-Art Review. J Clin Med 2024;13(5):1517

see also Portal Vein Thrombosis

Monitoring & Investigations

General

Therapies

Albumin

Renal Replacement Therapy

Risco-Zevallos. Management of acute renal replacement therapy in critically ill cirrhotic patients. Clin Kidney J 2022;15(6):1060-1070

Antimicrobial Prophylaxis

Crocombe. Antimicrobial prophylaxis in decompensated cirrhosis: friend or foe? Hepatol Commun 2023;7(9):e0228

Beta-Blockers

Karagiannakis. B-Blockers in Liver Cirrhosis: A Wonder Drug for Every Stage of Portal Hypertension? A Narrative Review. Biomedicines 2024;12:57