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Bridging Critically Ill Patients With Cirrhosis to Transplant With Renal Replac...
Cardoso, Filipe S.; Kim, Minjee; Kok, Beverley; Wunderink, Richard; Abraldes, Juan G.; Karvellas, Constantine J.Background & Aims: The efficacy of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in critically ill patients with cirrhosis remains dubious. We aimed to assess the impact of RRT on these patients' outcomes. Methods: Multicenter retrospective cohort study including adult patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care units at University of Alberta Hospital (Edmonton, Canada) and Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, US)...
Alcohol-related liver disease is rarely detected at early stages compared with ...
Shah, Neil D.; Ventura-Cots, Meritxell; Abraldes, Juan G.; Alboraie, Mohamed; Alfadhli, Ahmad; Argemi, Josepmaria; Badia-Aranda, EsterBackground & aims: Despite recent advances in treatment of viral hepatitis, liver-related mortality is high, possibly owing to the large burden of advanced alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). We investigated whether patients with ALD are initially seen at later stages of disease development than patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection or other etiologies. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study o...