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Referral to Liver Transplant
Sousa Cardoso, Filipe; Sousa, Mónica; Bagulho, Luís; Mendes, Milena; Mateus, Elia; Glória, Helena; Lamelas, Jorge; Bicho, Luís; Mega, RaquelPublisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s).; Introduction: The referral of patients with cirrhosis to liver transplant (LT) is a multi-stage, complex process. There is a lack of data on potential challenges to this process. We aimed to characterize challenges faced by Portuguese referring clinicians. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey from Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal. The survey was open for ...
Refractory Duodenal Ulcer in a Patient With Median Arcuate Ligament Compression
Bronze, Sérgio Manuel Tubal; Conceição, Daniel; Mendes, Milena; Cardoso, Filipe; Torres, Daniel; Coimbra, Elia; Bilhim, Tiago© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology.; Flexible esophagogastroduodenoscopy is the gold standard for the management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. This is a case of a man who was admitted in the emergency department because of melena with hypotension because of an ulcer in the anterior face of the duodenal bulb, refractory...
Alcohol Consumption Post-Liver Transplantation
Chálim Rebelo, Carolina; Félix, Catarina; Cardoso, Filipe S.; Bagulho, Luis; Sousa, Monica; Mendes, Milena; Glória, Helena; Mateus, Élia; Mega, InêsPublisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.; Background: Listing patients with alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) for liver transplant (LT) remains challenging especially due to the ris...
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...
The Impact of Donor Risk Index, Recipients' and Operative Characteristics on Po...
Cardoso, Filipe S.; Bagulho, Luis; Coelho, João S.; Lamelas, Jorge; Mateus, Élia; Mendes, Milena; Glória, Helena; Ribeiro, Vasco; Mega, RaquelPublisher Copyright: © 2022; Background and Aims: The donor risk index (DRI) quantifies donor-related characteristics potentially associated with increased risk of early graft failure. We aimed to assess the impact of the DRI, recipient and perioperative factors on post liver transplant (LT) outcomes. Methods: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study including all adult (≥18 years) patients who under...
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...