supported by grants from Xi’an Science and Technology Plan Project(No.22YXYJ0122);IIT Clinical Research Fund of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University(M074).
A multicenter prospective observational study by Di Cola et al.(1)examined the significant impact of individual muscle changes and their combinations on the prognosis of cirrhosis.In their study(1),the 1-year cumulati...
The recently published guidelines on screening,monitoring and treatment update previous guidelines published 25 years ago(1,2).This update is timely as much has happened in the interim.Cystic fibrosis(CF)modulator the...
Chronic liver disease(CLD)is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States(1,2).The early detection of liver fibrosis is crucial in minimizing disease progression and risk of death(2).While the gold standard fo...
The constant need to reduce the variability of clinical practice and to improve the quality of care of the patients and their outcomes have led to the increasing emphasis on evidence-based medicine.When there is a pau...
Xi’an Science and Technology Plan Project(22YXYJ0122).
Nardelli et al.(1)conducted a multi-center observational study to assess the mortality risk in patients with and without overt hepatic encephalopathy(HE)after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt(TIPS).In the...
Acute variceal bleeding is one of the most common and potentially life-threatening complications in patients with liver cirrhosis.It is conventionally diagnosed by oesophagogastroduodenoscopy,which is invasive to pati...
The ability to predict outcome in patients with cirrhosis remains a challenge for clinicians,particularly when intervention or operative management is required.The outcomes may be unpredictable and for individual pati...
Portal vein thrombosis(PVT)is a common complication in patients with advanced chronic liver disease(i.e.,cirrhosis).In contrast to other thrombotic diseases,PVT in patients with cirrhosis is frequently asymptomatic an...
supported in part by grants from the Chongqing Talents Project(No.cstc2021ycjh-bgzxm0150);the First batch of key Disciplines on Public Health in Chongqing,Health Commission of Chongqing,China;the Remarkable Innovation-Clinical Research Project,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University;Scientific and Technological Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University(No.KJZD-K202300404).
Hepatitis B virus(HBV)infection increases the risk of liver fibrosis,cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)(1).International guidelines recommend antiviral treatment for eligible patients to prevent the developme...
Alcohol-related liver disease(ALD)and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease(MASLD)are the most common causes of chronic liver disease worldwide(1).Daily alcohol consumption thresholds(<20 g/day for ...