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Bhalla S, Mcquillen B, Cay E, Reau N. Preoperative risk evaluation and optimization for patients with liver disease. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf) 2024; 12:goae071. [PMID: 38966126 PMCID: PMC11222301 DOI: 10.1093/gastro/goae071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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The prevalence of liver disease is rising and more patients with liver disease are considered for surgery each year. Liver disease poses many potential complications to surgery; therefore, assessing perioperative risk and optimizing a patient's liver health is necessary to decrease perioperative risk. Multiple scoring tools exist to help quantify perioperative risk and can be used in combination to best educate patients prior to surgery. In this review, we go over the various scoring tools and provide a guide for clinicians to best assess and optimize perioperative risk based on the etiology of liver disease.
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- Sameer Bhalla
- Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, Section of Hepatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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Ostojic A, Mahmud N, Reddy KR. Surgical risk stratification in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatol Int 2024; 18:876-891. [PMID: 38472607 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-024-10644-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Individuals with cirrhosis experience higher morbidity and mortality rates than the general population, irrespective of the type or scope of surgery. This increased risk is attributed to adverse effects of liver disease, encompassing coagulation dysfunction, altered metabolism of anesthesia and sedatives, immunologic dysfunction, hemorrhage related to varices, malnutrition and frailty, impaired wound healing, as well as diminished portal blood flow, overall hepatic circulation, and hepatic oxygen supply during surgical procedures. Therefore, a frequent clinical dilemma is whether surgical interventions should be pursued in patients with cirrhosis. Several risk scores are widely used to aid in the decision-making process, each with specific advantages and limitations. This review aims to discuss the preoperative risk factors in patients with cirrhosis, describe and compare surgical risk assessment models used in everyday practice, provide insights into the surgical risk according to the type of surgery and present recommendations for optimizing those with cirrhosis for surgical procedures. As the primary focus is on currently available risk models, the review describes the predictive value of each model, highlighting its specific advantages and limitations. Furthermore, for models that do not account for the type of surgical procedure to be performed, the review suggests incorporating both patient-related and surgery-related risks into the decision-making process. Finally, we provide an algorithm for the preoperative assessment of patients with cirrhosis before elective surgery as well as guidance perioperative management.
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- Ana Ostojic
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, 2 Dulles, 3400 Spruce Street, HUP, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, 2 Dulles, 3400 Spruce Street, HUP, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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Yuan C, Li W, Liu J, Li J. Frailty and transplant-free survival of patients with liver cirrhosis: A meta-analysis. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0302836. [PMID: 38722913 PMCID: PMC11081249 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Frailty is a common condition among patients with liver cirrhosis. Nonetheless, its role in predicting liver transplant-free survival (TFS) remains unclear. AIM This systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to elucidate the relationship between frailty and TFS in patients with cirrhosis. METHODS Cohort studies addressing the objective of this meta-analysis were extracted from PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases. Between-study heterogeneity was assessed with the Cochrane Q test, and the I^2 statistic was estimated. Random-effect models, considering potential heterogeneity, were employed to combine the results. RESULTS The meta-analysis encompassed 17 cohort studies involving 6273 patients with cirrhosis, of whom 1983 (31.6%) were classified as frail at baseline. The follow-up periods in the included studies ranged from 3 to 29 months, with an average duration of 11.5 months. The analysis revealed that frailty was significantly associated with a poor TFS (risk ratio [RR]: 2.07, 95% confidence interval: 1.72 to 2.50, p<0.001; I2 = 51%). Sensitivity analyses that sequentially omitted one dataset consistently supported these findings (RR: 1.95 to 2.17, p<0.05 in all cases). Subgroup analyses based on variables such as study design, mean age of patients, baseline Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score, tool used for frailty evaluation, follow-up duration, and study quality score also yielded congruent results. CONCLUSIONS The evidence suggests that frailty may be an independent risk factor for poor TFS in patients with liver cirrhosis, thus emphasizing the importance of early identification and management of frailty in this population.
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- Chunhui Yuan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Changsha Fourth Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Changsha Fourth Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Changsha Fourth Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Changsha Fourth Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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Calthorpe L, Chiou SH, Rubin J, Huang CY, Feng S, Lai J. A modified Hospital Frailty Risk Score for patients with cirrhosis undergoing abdominal operations. Hepatology 2024:01515467-990000000-00756. [PMID: 38373139 DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000000794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Existing tools for perioperative risk stratification in patients with cirrhosis do not incorporate measures of comorbidity. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is a widely used measure of comorbidity burden in administrative dataset analyses. However, it is not specific to patients with cirrhosis, and application of this index is limited by its complexity. APPROACH AND RESULTS Adult patients with cirrhosis who underwent nontransplant abdominal operations were identified from the National Inpatient Sample, 2016-2018. Adjusted associations between HFRS and in-hospital mortality and length of stay were computed with logistic and Poisson regression. Lasso regularization was used to identify the components of the HFRS most predictive of mortality and develop a simplified index, the cirrhosis-HFRS. Of 10,714 patients with cirrhosis, the majority were male, the median age was 62 years, and 32% of operations were performed electively. HFRS was associated with an increased risk of both in-hospital mortality (OR=6.42; 95% CI: 4.93, 8.36) and length of stay (incidence rate ratio [IRR]=1.79; 95% CI: 1.72, 1.88), with adjustment. Using lasso, we found that a subset of 12 of the 109 ICD-10 codes within the HFRS resulted in superior prediction of mortality in this patient population (AUC = 0.89 vs. 0.79, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS While the 109-component HFRS was associated with adverse surgical outcomes, 12 components accounted for much of the association between the HFRS and mortality. We developed the cirrhosis-HFRS, a tool that demonstrates superior predictive accuracy for in-hospital mortality and more precisely reflects the specific comorbidity pattern of hospitalized patients with cirrhosis undergoing general surgery procedures.
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- Lucia Calthorpe
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Statistics and Data Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Deng Y, Hui Y, Cui B, Xie W, Sun C. Accumulating awareness on the clinical significance and relevance of frailty in cirrhosis: Time to dig deeper into mechanistic basis! Liver Int 2023; 43:1629-1643. [PMID: 37288711 DOI: 10.1111/liv.15639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Frailty corresponds to an emerging construct in the hepatology which is originally introduced as a validated geriatric syndrome regarding increased vulnerability to pathophysiological stressors. As for patients with cirrhosis, the presence of frailty is indicative of debilitating conditions that subjects are prone to deleterious acute insults and have difficulties to restore even if the underlying liver function partially returned to normal levels. Since this conceptual development, a variety of tools assessing frailty have been proposed and evaluated in the context of cirrhosis. A recent performance-based metric for frailty, designated as Liver Frailty Index, has broadly been applied in patients with cirrhosis and exhibited acceptable predictive ability in relation to disease progression, mortality and hospitalization. However, those functional tests measuring frailty may be impossible to perform in circumstance that patients are critically ill or undergoing detrimental events. An interesting modality indicates the use of alternative tests to evaluate frailty, which may be more adaptable and of choice for specific subgroups. The interrelation between frailty and various cirrhosis-associated pathological entities is of clinical importance and implication. Noticeably, it is imperative to clarify these complex linkages to highlight novel therapeutic targets or interventional endpoints. The efficient and effective management of frailty is still challenging, but many attempts have been made to overcome barriers of affordability and availability. Some clinical trials on small scale revealed that home-based exercise and individualized nutrition therapy show benefits in patients with cirrhosis, and high adherence to the treatment regimen may direct better efficacy and performance.
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- You Deng
- Center of Liver Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
- Department of Gastroenterology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
- Department of Gastroenterology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
- Department of Gastroenterology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Kalo E, George J, Read S, Majumdar A, Ahlenstiel G. Evolution of risk prediction models for post-operative mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatol Int 2023; 17:542-545. [PMID: 36971983 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-023-10494-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The perception of high surgical risk among patients with cirrhosis has resulted in a long-standing reluctance to operate. Risk stratification tools, first implemented over 60 years ago, have attempted to assess mortality risk among cirrhotic patients and ensure the best possible outcomes for this difficult to treat cohort. Existing postoperative risk prediction tools including the Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) and Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) provide some prediction of risk in counselling patients and their families but tend to overestimate surgical risk. More personalised prediction algorithms such as the Mayo Risk Score and VOCAL-Penn score that incorporate surgery-specific risks have demonstrated a significant improvement in prognostication and can ultimately aid multidisciplinary team determination of potential risks. The development of future risk scores will need to incorporate, first and foremost, predictive efficacy, but perhaps just as important is the feasibility and usability by front-line healthcare professionals to ensure timely and efficient prediction of risk for cirrhotic patients.
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- Eric Kalo
- Blacktown Clinical School, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia
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- Storr Liver Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Blacktown Clinical School, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia
- Blacktown Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia
- Storr Liver Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Victorian Liver Transplant Unit, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, 3181, Australia
- The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Blacktown Clinical School, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia.
- Blacktown Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District, Blacktown, NSW, 2148, Australia.
- Storr Liver Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia.
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Sohal A, Chaudhry H, Kohli I, Arora K, Patel J, Dhillon N, Singh I, Dukovic D, Roytman M. Frailty as a risk-stratification tool in patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). J Frailty Sarcopenia Falls 2023; 8:83-93. [PMID: 37275658 PMCID: PMC10233326 DOI: 10.22540/jfsf-08-083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
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Objectives The concept of frailty has gained importance, especially in patients with liver disease. Our study systematically investigated the effect of frailty on post-procedural outcomes in patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). Methods We used National Inpatient Sample(NIS) 2016-2019 data to identify patients who underwent TIPS. Hospital frailty risk score (HFRS) was used to classify patients as frail (HFRS>=5) and non-frail (HFRS<5). The relationship between frailty and outcomes such as death, post-procedural shock, non-home discharge, length of stay (LOS), post-procedural LOS, and total hospitalization charges (THC) was assessed. Results A total of 13,700 patients underwent TIPS during 2016-2019. Of them, 5,995 (43.76%) patients were frail, while 7,705 (56.24%) were non-frail. There were no significant differences between the two groups based on age, gender, race, insurance, and income. Frail patients had higher mortality (15.18% vs. 2.07%, p<0.001), a higher incidence of non-home discharge (53.38% vs. 19.08%, p<0.001), a longer overall LOS (12.5 days vs. 3.35,p<0.001), longer post-procedural stay (8.2 days vs. 3.4 days, p<0.001), and higher THC ($240,746.7 vs. $121,763.1, p<0.001) compared to the non-frail patients. On multivariate analysis, frail patients had a statistically significant higher risk of mortality (aOR-3.22, 95% CI-1.98- 5.00, p<0.001). Conclusion Frailty assessment can be beneficial in risk stratification in patients undergoing TIPS.
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- Aalam Sohal
- Department of Hepatology, Liver Institute Northwest, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, USA
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- Department of Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, India
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, Florida, USA
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- Ross University School of Medicine, Barbados, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, USA
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Ren X, Wang J, Wang Z, Yin Y, Li X, Tian Y, Guo Z, Zeng X. Frailty as a risk marker of adverse lower urinary symptom outcomes in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia undergoing transurethral resection of prostate. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1185539. [PMID: 37275385 PMCID: PMC10235461 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1185539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
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Purpose Lower urinary symptoms (LUTS) may persist in a proportion of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) following transurethral resection of prostate (TURP), which is a major cause of reduced quality-of-life. We aimed to investigate the effect of frailty on LUTS in patients with BPH treated with TURP. Methods We longitudinally evaluated LUTS and health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) in patients with BPH treated with TURP from February 2019 and January 2022 using International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and Short Form-8 (SF-8), respectively. Patients were divided into frail and non-frail groups according to the Fried phenotype (FP). The primary purpose was comparing the outcomes of LUTS and HRQOL between two groups. Secondary purposes were investigating the frailty as a preoperative predictor of postoperative adverse LUTS outcomes following TURP using logistic regression analysis. A 1:2 propensity score matching (PSM) was performed to reduce the effects of selection bias and potential confounders. Results Of the 567 patients enrolled, 495 (87.3%) patients were non-frail (FP = 0-2), and the remaining 72 (12.7%) patients were classified into the frail group. There were no significant differences in body mass index (BMI), urine white blood cell (UWBC), creatinine, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and prostate volume in both groups at baseline (all p > 0.05). However, patients with frailty were older, higher comorbidity rates, lower peak flow rates and lower HRQOL. In the frail group, although LUTS and HRQOL at 6 months following TURP improved significantly compared to those at baseline, it did not show a significant improvement compared with the non-frail group (both p < 0.001). Moreover, multivariable logistic regression analysis demonstrated that preoperative frailty was significantly associated with poor LUTS improvement in both the entire cohort and PSM subset (both p < 0.05), whereas age and comorbidities were not after PSM analysis. Conclusion In patients with frail or non-frail, TURP for BPH provides overall good results. However, frail individuals are at higher risk of postoperative adverse LUTS outcomes. Frailty has the potential to be a strong objective tool for risk stratification and should be considered during the perioperative evaluation.
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- Xiang Ren
- Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Department of Urology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Shimizu A, Tsuguma Y, Sakata S, Ito M, Okada N, Asai W, Ushida K, Tameda M, Momosaki R. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score Predicts Poor Prognoses in Middle-Aged and Older Patients With Acute Pancreatitis: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study in Japan. Pancreas 2023; 52:e249-e255. [PMID: 37747930 DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000002246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Frailty risk may be associated with poor prognoses in acute pancreatitis patients. However, this has not been shown with adjustments for prognosis-related factors. This study aimed to determine whether frailty risk is associated with poor prognoses in acute pancreatitis patients, even after adjusting for prognosis-related factors. METHODS The study included 7001 middle-aged and older patients (mean age, 66.2 ± 14.5 years, 65.3% male) 40 years or older who were registered in a Japanese nationwide database. Frailty risk was defined as a Hospital Frailty Risk Score ≥5 points. Outcomes were 30-day and in-hospital mortality, length of stay, and 30-day readmission rate. RESULTS Frailty risk was independently positively associated with 30-day mortality (odds ratio [OR], 1.847; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.118-3.051) and in-hospital mortality (OR, 2.504; 95% CI, 1.677-3.739) after adjustment for acute pancreatitis severity and patient characteristics. In addition, frailty risk was positively associated with a longer length of stay (coefficient, 11.393; 95% CI, 9.631-13.154). However, no association was found between frailty risk and the 30-day readmission rate (OR, 1.092; 95% CI, 0.793-1.504). CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlight the importance of rapid and automated frailty risk assessment using the Hospital Frailty Risk Score for the early identification of high-risk acute pancreatitis patients.
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- Akio Shimizu
- From the Department of Food and Health Science, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Nagano Prefectural University, Nagano, Japan
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- From the Department of Food and Health Science, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Nagano Prefectural University, Nagano, Japan
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- From the Department of Food and Health Science, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Nagano Prefectural University, Nagano, Japan
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- From the Department of Food and Health Science, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Nagano Prefectural University, Nagano, Japan
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- From the Department of Food and Health Science, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Nagano Prefectural University, Nagano, Japan
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- From the Department of Food and Health Science, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Nagano Prefectural University, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Mie University Hospital
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Kaltenbach MG, Mahmud N. Assessing the risk of surgery in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun 2023; 7:e0086. [PMID: 36996004 PMCID: PMC10069843 DOI: 10.1097/hc9.0000000000000086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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Patients with cirrhosis have an increased perioperative risk relative to patients without cirrhosis. This is related to numerous cirrhosis-specific factors, including severity of liver disease, impaired synthetic function, sarcopenia and malnutrition, and portal hypertension, among others. Nonhepatic comorbidities and surgery-related factors further modify the surgical risk, adding to the complexity of the preoperative assessment. In this review, we discuss the pathophysiological contributors to surgical risk in cirrhosis, key elements of the preoperative risk assessment, and application of risk prediction tools including the Child-Turcotte-Pugh score, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium, Mayo Risk Score, and the VOCAL-Penn Score. We also detail the limitations of current approaches to risk assessment and highlight areas for future research.
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- Melissa G. Kaltenbach
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Leonard David Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Moosavi SA, Mashhadiagha A, Taherifard E, Fallahzadeh MA, Motazedian N, Sayadi M, Azarpira N, Rahimi RS. Frailty as a predictor of poor outcomes among patients awaiting liver transplant: a systematic review and meta-analysis. GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY FROM BED TO BENCH 2023; 16:364-377. [PMID: 38313349 PMCID: PMC10835093 DOI: 10.22037/ghfbb.v16i4.2795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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Aim This review sought to evaluate the significance of a functional assessment for liver transplant candidates, i.e., frailty, in the pre-transplant setting and its association with mortality and morbidities. Background Liver transplantation (LT) remains the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage liver disease. Due to the shortage of organs for LT, a careful selection of suitable recipients is essential. Frailty, a measure of physiologic reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors, was initially used in geriatrics and then introduced to the field of transplantation for better patient selection. Methods PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were reviewed up until January 2023. The search terms included: "frail*", "liver", and "transplant*". A Meta-analysis was conducted for the hazard ratios (HRs) obtained from the COX regression models. Fifty-five studies were included in this review; ten were included in the meta-analysis. Results The prevalence of frailty varied from 2.82% to 70.09% in the studies. Meta-analysis showed that overall frailty had a significant association with mortality (pooled adjusted HR [95%CI]: 2.66 [1.96-3.63]). Subgroup analyses revealed that both the Liver Frailty Index and Fried Frailty Index were significantly associated with mortality. Furthermore, these studies have demonstrated that this population's frailty is associated with ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, and esophageal varices. Conclusion According to emerging evidence, frailty is associated with increased morbidity and mortality of the patients on the LT waiting list. Further randomized trials are required to determine the efficacy and safety of variable interventions in the frail population.
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- Seyed Ali Moosavi
- Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- These authors contributed equally
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- Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- These authors contributed equally
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- Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas, United States
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Gouda P, Wang X, Youngson E, McGillion M, Mamas MA, Graham MM. Beyond the revised cardiac risk index: Validation of the hospital frailty risk score in non-cardiac surgery. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262322. [PMID: 35045122 PMCID: PMC8769314 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Frailty is an established risk factor for adverse outcomes following non-cardiac surgery. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is a recently described frailty assessment tool that harnesses administrative data and is composed of 109 International Classification of Disease variables. We aimed to examine the incremental prognostic utility of the HFRS in a generalizable surgical population. Using linked administrative databases, a retrospective cohort of patients admitted for non-cardiac surgery between October 1st, 2008 and September 30th, 2019 in Alberta, Canada was created. Our primary outcome was a composite of death, myocardial infarction or cardiac arrest at 30-days. Multivariable logistic regression was undertaken to assess the impact of HFRS on outcomes after adjusting for age, sex, components of the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) and peri-operative biomarkers. The final cohort consisted of 712,808 non-cardiac surgeries, of which 55·1% were female and the average age was 53·4 +/- 22·4 years. Using the HFRS, 86.3% were considered low risk, 10·7% were considered intermediate risk and 3·1% were considered high risk for frailty. Intermediate and high HFRS scores were associated with increased risk of the primary outcome with an adjusted odds ratio of 1·61 (95% CI 1·50-1.74) and 1·55 (95% CI 1·38-1·73). Intermediate and high HFRS were also associated with increased adjusted odds of prolonged hospital stay, in-hospital mortality, and 1-year mortality. The HFRS is a minimally onerous frailty assessment tool that can complement perioperative risk stratification in identifying patients at high risk of short- and long-term adverse events.
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- Pishoy Gouda
- University of Alberta, Division of Cardiology and Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Research Facilitation, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Research Facilitation, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences and Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Keele Cardiovascular Research Group, Centre for Prognosis Research, Keele University, Keele, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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- University of Alberta, Division of Cardiology and Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Goldberg DS, Wolfe CR, Brown RS, Verna EC. Protecting Patients With Cirrhosis From Coronavirus Disease 2019: Identifying Gaps in Vaccination Rates. Liver Transpl 2021; 27:1535-1537. [PMID: 34536330 PMCID: PMC8662257 DOI: 10.1002/lt.26305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- David S. Goldberg
- Division of Digestive Health and Liver DiseasesDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFL
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- Division of Infectious DiseasesDepartment of MedicineDuke UniversityDurhamNC
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- Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyWeill Cornell MedicineNew YorkNY
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- Division of Digestive and Liver DiseasesColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsNew YorkNY
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Pinho J, Küppers C, Nikoubashman O, Wiesmann M, Schulz JB, Reich A, Werner CJ. Frailty is an outcome predictor in patients with acute ischemic stroke receiving endovascular treatment. Age Ageing 2021; 50:1785-1791. [PMID: 34087930 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afab092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Frailty is a disorder of multiple physiological systems impairing the capacity of the organism to cope with insult or stress. It is associated with poor outcomes after acute illness. Our aim was to study the impact of frailty on the functional outcome of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) submitted to endovascular stroke treatment (EST). METHODS We performed a retrospective study of patients with AIS of the anterior circulation submitted to EST between 2012 and 2017, based on a prospectively collected local registry of consecutive patients. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) at discharge was calculated for each patient. We compared groups of patients with and without favourable 3-month outcome after index AIS (modified Rankin Scale 0-2 and 3-6, respectively). A multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify variables independently associated with favourable 3-month outcome. Diagnostic test statistics were used to compare HFRS with other prognostic scores for AIS. RESULTS We included 489 patients with median age 75.6 years (interquartile range [IQR] = 65.3-82.3) and median NIHSS 15 (IQR = 11-19). About 29.7% presented a high frailty risk (HFRS >15 points). Patients with favourable 3-month outcome presented lower HFRS and lower prevalence of high frailty risk. High frailty risk was independently associated with decreased likelihood of favourable 3-month outcome (adjusted odds ratio = 0.48, 95% confidence interval = 0.26-0.89). Diagnostic performances of HFRS and other prognostic scores (THRIVE and PRE scores, SPAN-100 index) for outcome at 3-months were similar. DISCUSSION Frailty is an independent predictor of outcome in AIS patients submitted to EST.
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- João Pinho
- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
- JARA-BRAIN Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH and RWTH Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Section Interdisciplinary Geriatrics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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Mahmud N, Fricker Z, Panchal S, Lewis JD, Goldberg DS, Kaplan DE. External Validation of the VOCAL-Penn Cirrhosis Surgical Risk Score in 2 Large, Independent Health Systems. Liver Transpl 2021; 27:961-970. [PMID: 33788365 PMCID: PMC8283779 DOI: 10.1002/lt.26060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cirrhosis poses an increased risk of postoperative mortality, yet it remains challenging to accurately risk stratify patients in clinical practice. The VOCAL-Penn cirrhosis surgical risk score was recently developed and internally validated in the national Veterans Affairs health system; however, to date this score has not been evaluated in independent cohorts. The goal of this study was to compare the predictive performance of the VOCAL-Penn to the Mayo risk, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD), and MELD-sodium (MELD-Na) scores in 2 large health systems. We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with cirrhosis undergoing surgical procedures of interest at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center or University of Pennsylvania Health System from January 1, 2008, to October 1, 2015. The outcomes of interest were 30-day and 90-day postoperative mortality. Concordance statistics (C-statistics), calibration curves, Brier scores, and the index of prediction accuracy (IPA) were compared for each predictive model. A total of 855 surgical procedures were identified. The VOCAL-Penn score had the numerically highest C-statistic for 90-day postoperative mortality (eg, 0.82 versus 0.79 Mayo versus 0.78 MELD-Na versus 0.79 MELD), although differences were not statistically significant. Calibrations were excellent for the VOCAL-Penn, MELD, and MELD-Na; however, the Mayo score consistently overestimated risk. The VOCAL-Penn had the lowest Brier score and highest IPA at both time points, suggesting superior overall predictive model performance. In subgroup analyses of patients with higher MELD scores, the VOCAL-Penn had significantly higher C-statistics compared with the MELD and MELD-Na. The VOCAL-Penn score (www.vocalpennscore.com) has excellent discrimination and calibration for postoperative mortality among diverse patients with cirrhosis. Overall performance is superior to the Mayo, MELD, and MELD-Na scores. In contrast to the MELD/MELD-Na, the VOCAL-Penn retains excellent discrimination among patients with higher MELD scores.
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- Nadim Mahmud
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA,Leonard David Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,Leonard David Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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