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Di Giorgio A, Bartolini E, Calvo PL, Cananzi M, Cirillo F, Della Corte C, Dionisi-Vici C, Indolfi G, Iorio R, Maggiore G, Mandato C, Nebbia G, Nicastro E, Pinon M, Ranucci G, Sciveres M, Vajro P, D'Antiga L. Diagnostic Approach to Acute Liver Failure in Children: A Position Paper by the SIGENP Liver Disease Working Group. Dig Liver Dis 2021; 53:545-557. [PMID: 33775575 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2021.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a clinical condition characterized by the abrupt onset of coagulopathy and biochemical evidence of hepatocellular injury, leading to rapid deterioration of liver cell function. In children, ALF has been characterized by raised transaminases, coagulopathy, and no known evidence of pre-existing chronic liver disease; unlike in adults, the presence of hepatic encephalopathy is not required to establish the diagnosis. Although rare, ALF has a high mortality rate without liver transplantation (LT). Etiology of ALF varies with age and geographical location, although it may remain indeterminate in a significant proportion of cases. However, identifying its etiology is crucial to undertake disease-specific management and evaluate indication to LT. In this position statement, the Liver Disease Working Group of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SIGENP) reviewed the most relevant studies on pediatric ALF to provide recommendations on etiology, clinical features and diagnostic work-up of neonates, infants and children presenting with ALF. Recommendations on medical management and transplant candidacy will be discussed in a following consensus conference.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Di Giorgio
- Paediatric Liver, GI and Transplantation, ASST-Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza OMS1, Bergamo 24127, Italy.
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- Department Neurofarba, University of Florence and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dpt. of Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital of Padova, Italy
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- Paediatric Department and Transplantation, Ismett, Palermo, Italy
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition and Liver Transplantation, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department Neurofarba, University of Florence and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Paediatric Liver Unit, Department of Translational Medical Science, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition and Liver Transplantation, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Pediatric Liver Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Paediatric Liver, GI and Transplantation, ASST-Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza OMS1, Bergamo 24127, Italy
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Paediatric Department and Transplantation, Ismett, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana" Section of Pediatrics, University of Salerno, Baronissi (Salerno), Italy
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- Paediatric Liver, GI and Transplantation, ASST-Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza OMS1, Bergamo 24127, Italy
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Di Giorgio A, Nicastro E, Arnaboldi S, Montini O, Di Stasio F, D’Antiga L, Gaio P, Fovino LN, Cananzi M, Pinon M, Calvo PL, Camelli V. "Health status of children with chronic liver disease during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: results from a multicentre study". Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol 2021; 45:101610. [PMID: 33588313 PMCID: PMC7775795 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2020.101610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- A. Di Giorgio
- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, Italy,Corresponding author
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- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, Italy
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- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, Italy
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- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, Italy
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- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, Italy
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- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, Italy
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- Unit of Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy, Hepatology and Care of the Child With Liver Transplantation, University Hospital of Padova, Italy
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- Unit of Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy, Hepatology and Care of the Child With Liver Transplantation, University Hospital of Padova, Italy
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- Unit of Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy, Hepatology and Care of the Child With Liver Transplantation, University Hospital of Padova, Italy
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Postgraduation School of Paediatrics, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Di Giorgio A, D'Adda A, Marseglia A, Sonzogni A, Licini L, Nicastro E, D'Antiga L. Biliary features in liver histology of children with autoimmune liver disease. Hepatol Int 2019; 13:510-518. [PMID: 31069759 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-019-09948-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES AND STUDY Various degrees of biliary changes are considered to be part of the histological picture of children with pediatrics autoimmune liver disease (AILD), but the literature is scarce and confusing. We aimed to describe the characteristics of children with AILD (autoimmune hepatitis, AIH, and autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis, ASC) focusing on the prevalence and type of biliary abnormalities on initial biopsy to see whether ASC was predictable on histological ground. METHODS The files of children diagnosed with AILD were reviewed. The Ishak score was used to grade inflammation and fibrosis on biopsy; a biliary score was built to grade bile duct injury. Demographic, laboratory and histological features at diagnosis were reported and compared between the two groups (AIH vs ASC). RESULTS Forty-one patients were diagnosed with AIH (n = 24), ASC (n = 13) and PSC (n = 4) between 2009 and 2018. Twenty-nine patients [F = 76%, AIH = 20, ASC = 9, median age at diagnosis 11.7 (range 2.2-17.8)] were included in the study; 12 (4 with PSC) were excluded. Prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease was higher in ASC group (56% vs 10% in AIH, p < 0.05). On histology 17% had cirrhosis. The grade of biliopathy with AILD was moderate in 72% and severe in 31%, and overall more prominent in ASC (p = 0.031). The inflammation of the bile ducts was classified as "multifocal" or "diffuse" mainly in ASC patients (89% vs 45% in AIH, p = 0.043). Periductular fibrosis was reported in 52% of AILD patients, with a higher mean score in ASC group (p < 0.05). However, ductular reaction, biliary metaplasia and granulomatous cholangitis were equally reported in AIH and ASC, providing no clear-cut for the distinction of the two entities in the global histological evaluation. CONCLUSIONS Majority of patients with pediatrics AILD have "moderate" or "severe" features of biliopathy; AIH and ASC are not easily distinguishable on histological ground at diagnosis, and therefore, the cholangiogram remains the only effective tool to differentiate patients with AIH from those with ASC. Further prospective studies are needed to better define histological biliary features in AILD, assess if the biliopathy responds to immunosuppressive treatment and evaluate its impact on long-term outcome.
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Affiliation(s)
- Angelo Di Giorgio
- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza Oms 1, 24127, Bergamo, Italy.
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- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza Oms 1, 24127, Bergamo, Italy
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- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza Oms 1, 24127, Bergamo, Italy
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- Liver Pathology, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Liver Pathology, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza Oms 1, 24127, Bergamo, Italy
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- Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza Oms 1, 24127, Bergamo, Italy
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Chiappini E, Galli L, Lisi C, Gabiano C, Giaquinto C, Giacomet V, Buffolano W, Esposito S, Badolato R, Berbardi S, Cellini M, Dodi I, Faldella G, Osimani P, Genovese O, Nicastro E, Viscoli C, Salvini F, Tovo PA, Maurizio DM. Risk of Perinatal HIV Infection in Infants Born in Italy to Immigrant Mothers. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 53:310-3. [DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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