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COVID-19 Vaccination in Liver Cirrhosis
Canha, Inês; Silva, Mário Jorge; Silva, Maria Azevedo; Costa, Mara Sarmento; Saraiva, Rita Ornelas; Ruge, André; Machado, Mariana VerdelhoFunding Information: This study was funded by Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo do Fígado, which supported the costs of the antibody titer analysis of every patient at each timepoint. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.; Introduction: Three years after the beginning of the SARSCoV-2 pandemic, the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in liver cirrhosis (LC) patie...
Burden of Liver Cirrhosis in Portugal between 2010 and 2017
Silva, Joaõ Manuel; Silva, Mário Jorge; Calinas, Filipe; Nogueira, Paulo JorgeThis work was produced with the support of INCD funded by FCT and FEDER under the project 01/SAICT/2016 No. 022153.; Introduction: Liver cirrhosis is a prevalent disease in Portugal. Recent changes in alcohol consumption, as well as the wide use of direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C since 2015, may be contributing to changes in the national burden of liver cirrhosis in the last few years. Objectives: We a...
Retrospective Study of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement ...
Santos, Sara; Dantas, Eduardo; Veloso Gomes, Filipe; Bilhim, Tiago; Calinas, Filipe; Martins, Américo; Coimbra, ÉliaBackground and Aims: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is used for decompressing clinically significant portal hypertension. The aims of this study were to evaluate clinical outcomes and adverse events associated with this procedure. Methods: Retrospective single-center study including 78 patients submitted to TIPS placement between January 2015 and November 2018. Follow-up data were missing ...
Baveno VI Recommendation on Avoidance of Screening Endoscopy in Cirrhotic Patients
Silva, Mário Jorge; Bernardes, Carlos; Pinto, João; Loureiro, Rafaela; Duarte, Pedro; Mendes, Milena; Calinas, FilipeIntroduction: Recent studies assessed the predictive value of liver transient elastography, combined or not with platelet count, for the presence of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis, and multiple cutoffs have been proposed. The Baveno VI consensus states that patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease, liver stiffness <20 kPa, and a platelet count >150,000 have a very low risk o...