Patients with advanced liver cirrhosis and liver failure frequently experience abnormalities in their serum electrolyte levels.In such patients,hyponatremia has been identified as a predictor of poor outcomes.However,...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82100639,No.82200630,and No.81970526;Postdoctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,No.202401023;Clinical Research Program of Ninth People’s Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,No.JYLJ202124;Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning,No.20244Y0195 and No.20234Y0132;the Fundamental Research Program Funding of Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,No.JYZZ162;Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Natural Autonomous Region,No.2022D01F17.
BACKGROUND Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension(PHT)can lead to lymphatic abnormalities and coagulation dysfunction.Because lymphangiogenesis may relieve liver cirrhosis and PHT,the present study investigated the g...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.32270768,No.82273970,No.32070726,and No.82370715;National Key R&D Program of China,No.2023YFC2507904;the Innovation Group Project of Hubei Province,No.2023AFA026.
Hepatitis B virus remains a major cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma,with genetic polymorphisms and mutations influencing immune responses and disease progression.Nguyen et al present novel findings on sp...
A multicenter study recently published introduced a novel prognostic model for predicting esophagogastric variceal rebleeding after endoscopic treatment in patients with cirrhosis.The model incorporated six readily av...
BACKGROUND Diagnosing bacterial infections(BI)in patients with cirrhosis can be challenging because of unclear symptoms,low diagnostic accuracy,and lengthy culture testing times.Various biomarkers have been studied,in...
BACKGROUND The global incidence of cirrhosis and luminal gastrointestinal cancers are increasing.It is unknown if cirrhosis itself is a predisposing factor for luminal gastrointestinal cancer.Such an association would...
This letter critically evaluates Jiang et al's article on the differentiation of benign and malignant liver lesions using Emax and platelet count.Despite notable findings,significant methodological and interpretative ...
BACKGROUND Splenectomy is an effective yet invasive intervention for alleviating portal pressure in patients with hepatitis cirrhosis.However,the current prognostic indicators for predicting long-term overall survival...
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...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Fundation of China(Nos.82170623,82170625,U1702281,81873584,82000613,and 82000574);the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFA0205404);the“1.3.5”projects for disciplines of excellence of West China Hospital,Sichuan University(No.ZYGD18004).
Liver cirrhosis is associated with high morbidity,mortality,and medical costs worldwide.Although transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt(TIPS)has been shown to improve the survival of patients with cirrhosis,sys...