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Conthe A, Ibáñez-Samaniego L, Muñoz MF, Ortega V, Yunquera AF, Romero M, Yllana F, Catalina MV, Larroca SGT, Bañares R. Pregnancy outcomes in patients with portal cavernoma: A case series study. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2023; 163:277-281. [PMID: 37128972 DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Non-cirrhotic portal vein cavernoma (PVC) is a cause of portal hypertension (PH) frequently affecting women of childbearing age. Cavernous transformation of the portal vein is frequently associated with prothrombotic disorders and often entails multiple hemodynamic changes, porto-collateral shunt development and thrombopenia, all of which can affect the course of pregnancy. Our aim was to evaluate the risk of PH-related complications and pregnancy outcomes in patients with PVC. METHODS Retrospective case series study of patients with PVC undergoing pregnancy in a tertiary care hospital. RESULTS Eight pregnancies fulfilled the eligibility criteria. All patients had a predisposing factor for PVC. One episode of variceal bleeding was reported at week 28. Six cesarean sections were scheduled to avoid labor while two urgent surgeries were indicated due to fetal distress and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). In all but one case, anticoagulation was prescribed after delivery. No hemorrhagic or thrombotic complications were reported. There were four cases of IUGR with no case of miscarriage or stillbirth. CONCLUSION Pregnancy in patients with PVC has an overall favorable outcome albeit a higher risk of PH-derived complications, and IUGR may be expected. Hence, PVC must not be considered a contraindication for pregnancy although larger prospective studies are necessary.
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- Andrés Conthe
- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Rudler M, Hernández-Gea V, Procopet BD, Giráldez A, Amitrano L, Villanueva C, Ibañez L, Silva-Junior G, Genesca J, Bureau C, Trebicka J, Bañares R, Krag A, Llop E, Laleman W, Palazon JM, Castellote J, Rodrigues S, Gluud LL, Noronha Ferreira C, Canete N, Rodríguez M, Ferlitsch A, Mundi JL, Gronbaek H, Hernandez-Guerra M, Sassatelli R, Dell'era A, Senzolo M, Abraldes JG, Romero-Gómez M, Zipprich A, Casas M, Masnou H, Larrue H, Primignani M, Nevens F, Calleja JL, Schwarzer R, Jansen C, Robic MA, Conejo I, Martínez Gonzalez J, Catalina MV, Albillos A, Alvarado E, Guardascione MA, Mallet M, Tripon S, Casanovas G, Bosch J, Garcia-Pagan JC, Thabut D. Hepatic encephalopathy is not a contraindication to pre-emptive TIPS in high-risk patients with cirrhosis with variceal bleeding. Gut 2023; 72:749-758. [PMID: 36328772 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-326975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND A pre-emptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (pTIPS) reduces mortality in high-risk patients with cirrhosis (Child-Pugh C/B+active bleeding) with acute variceal bleeding (AVB). Real-life studies point out that <15% of patients eligible for pTIPS ultimately undergo transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) due to concerns about hepatic encephalopathy (HE). The outcome of patients undergoing pTIPS with HE is unknown. We aimed to (1) assess the prevalence of HE in patients with AVB; (2) evaluate the outcome of patients presenting HE at admission after pTIPS; and (3) determine if HE at admission is a risk factor for death and post-TIPS HE. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is an observational study including 2138 patients from 34 centres between October 2011 and May 2015. Placement of pTIPS was based on individual centre policy. Patients were followed up to 1 year, death or liver transplantation. RESULTS 671 of 2138 patients were considered at high risk, 66 received pTIPS and 605 endoscopic+drug treatment. At admission, HE was significantly more frequent in high-risk than in low-risk patients (39.2% vs 10.6%, p<0.001). In high-risk patients with HE at admission, pTIPS was associated with a lower 1-year mortality than endoscopic+drug (HR 0.374, 95% CI 0.166 to 0.845, p=0.0181). The incidence of HE was not different between patients treated with pTIPS and endoscopic+drug (38.2% vs 38.7%, p=0.9721), even in patients with HE at admission (56.4% vs 58.7%, p=0.4594). Age >56, shock, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score >15, endoscopic+drug treatment and HE at admission were independent factors of death in high-risk patients. CONCLUSION pTIPS is associated with better survival than endoscopic treatment in high-risk patients with cirrhosis with variceal bleeding displaying HE at admission.
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- Marika Rudler
- Hepatology and gastroenterology, Unité de Soins Intensifs d'Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie, Groupement Hospitalier APHP-Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), Paris, France
- Brain-Liver Pitié-Salpêtrière Study Group (BLIPS), APHP-Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS and CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gastroenterology, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 'Octavian Fodor', Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Gastroenterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Iuliu Hatieganu', Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Gregorio Marañon (IiSGM), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS and CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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- Internal Medicine-Liver Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Gastroenterology, IRYCIS, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona and CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Liver and Biliopancreatic Disorders, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Gastrounit, Medical Division, University Hospital of Hvidovre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Liver Section, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Grenada, Spain
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Cliniche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
- UOC Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia, Aziende Socio Sanitarie Territoriale Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, Multivisceral Transplant Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Cirrhosis Care Clinic, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Unit for The Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany
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- Liver Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Corporación Sanitaria Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Service D'hepato-Gastro-Enterologie, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, IDIPHISA, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda, Spain
- (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas, Madrid, Spain
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- Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina de Aparato Digestivo Gregorio Marañón, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hepatology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
- Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Institut de Recerca, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hepatology and gastroenterology, Unité de Soins Intensifs d'Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie, Groupement Hospitalier APHP-Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, Paris, France
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- Hepatology and gastroenterology, Unité de Soins Intensifs d'Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie, Groupement Hospitalier APHP-Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, Paris, France
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- Biostatistics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical Research, Bern University, Hepatology, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS and CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hepatology and gastroenterology, Unité de Soins Intensifs d'Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie, Groupement Hospitalier APHP-Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), Paris, France
- Brain-Liver Pitié-Salpêtrière Study Group (BLIPS), APHP-Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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Conthe A, Ibañez-Samaniego L, Catalina MV, Nogales O, Merino B, Bañares R. Fully covered metal stent placement as first-line endoscopic treatment for complicated portal cavernoma cholangiopathy. Liver Int 2022; 42:710-713. [PMID: 34982506 DOI: 10.1111/liv.15153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Andrés Conthe
- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain.,Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Martínez J, Hernández-Gea V, Rodríguez-de-Santiago E, Téllez L, Procopet B, Giráldez Á, Amitrano L, Villanueva C, Thabut D, Ibañez-Samaniego L, Silva-Junior G, Genescà J, Bureau C, Trebicka J, Bañares R, Krag A, Llop E, Laleman W, Palazon JM, Castellote J, Rodrigues S, Gluud LL, Noronha-Ferreira C, Cañete N, Rodríguez M, Ferlitsch A, Schwarzer R, Mundi JL, Gronbaek H, Hernández-Guerra M, Sassatelli R, Dell'Era A, Senzolo M, Abraldes JG, Romero-Gomez M, Zipprich A, Casas M, Masnou H, Primignani M, Nevens F, Calleja JL, Jansen C, Robic MA, Conejo I, Catalina MV, Rudler M, Alvarado E, Perez-Campuzano V, Guardascione MA, Fischer P, Bosch J, García-Pagán JC, Albillos A. Bacterial infections in patients with acute variceal bleeding in the era of antibiotic prophylaxis. J Hepatol 2021; 75:342-350. [PMID: 33845059 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [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: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the risk of infection and mortality in patients with cirrhosis and acute variceal bleeding (AVB). This study examines the incidence of, and risk factors for, bacterial infections during hospitalization in patients with AVB on antibiotic prophylaxis. METHODS A post hoc analysis was performed using the database of an international, multicenter, observational study designed to examine the role of pre-emptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts in patients with cirrhosis and AVB. Data were collected on patients with cirrhosis hospitalized for AVB (n = 2,138) from a prospective cohort (October 2013-May 2015) at 34 referral centers, and a retrospective cohort (October 2011-September 2013) at 19 of these centers. The primary outcome was incidence of bacterial infection during hospitalization. RESULTS A total of 1,656 patients out of 1,770 (93.6%) received antibiotic prophylaxis; third-generation cephalosporins (76.2%) and quinolones (19.0%) were used most frequently. Of the patients on antibiotic prophylaxis, 320 patients developed bacterial infection during hospitalization. Respiratory infection accounted for 43.6% of infections and for 49.7% of infected patients, and occurred early after admission (median 3 days, IQR 1-6). On multivariate analysis, respiratory infection was independently associated with Child-Pugh C (odds ratio [OR] 3.1; 95% CI 1.4-6.7), grade III-IV encephalopathy (OR 2.8; 95% CI 1.8-4.4), orotracheal intubation for endoscopy (OR 2.6; 95% CI 1.8-3.8), nasogastric tube placement (OR 1.7; 95% CI 1.2-2.4) or esophageal balloon tamponade (OR 2.4; 95% CI 1.2-4.9). CONCLUSION Bacterial infections develop in almost one-fifth of patients with AVB despite antibiotic prophylaxis. Respiratory infection is the most frequent, is an early event after admission, and is associated with advanced liver failure, severe hepatic encephalopathy and use of nasogastric tube, orotracheal intubation for endoscopy or esophageal balloon tamponade. LAY SUMMARY Bacterial infections develop during hospitalization in close to 20% of patients with acute variceal bleeding despite antibiotic prophylaxis. Respiratory bacterial infections are the most frequent and occur early after admission. Respiratory infection is associated with advanced liver disease, severe hepatic encephalopathy and a need for a nasogastric tube, orotracheal intubation for endoscopy or esophageal balloon tamponade.
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- Javier Martínez
- Servicio de Gastroenterología y Hepatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Gastroenterología y Hepatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Gastroenterología y Hepatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain
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- Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology "Octavian Fodor", Hepatology Department and "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 3rd Medical Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Unit for the Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS), Liver Diseases, Seville, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Ospedale A Cardarelli, Naples, Italy
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Department of Gastroenterology and Institut de Recerca, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain
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- Groupement Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), Paris, France
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- Servicio de Medicina de Aparato Digestivo Gregorio Marañón, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, CIBERehd, Madrid, Spain
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Liver Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Purpan Hospital, CHU Toulouse, INSERM U858, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure (EF-Clif), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Servicio de Medicina de Aparato Digestivo Gregorio Marañón, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, CIBERehd, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Liver Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBERehd, Madrid, Spain
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- Department Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Division of Liver and Biliopancreatic Disorders, University Hospitals Leuven - KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hepatology Unit, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Gastro Unit, Medical Division, University Hospital of Hvidovre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Serviço de Gastroenterología e Hepatologia, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Liver Section, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Department, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Unit of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences 'Luigi Sacco', University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Multivisceral Transplant Unit, Gastroenterology, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology (Liver Unit), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Unidad de Hepatología, Hospital Universitario de Valme, CIBERehd, Sevilla, Spain
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Hepatology Unit, Digestive Disease Department Hospital de Sabadell, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, IRCCSCa'Granda Maggiore Hospital Foundation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Division of Liver and Biliopancreatic Disorders, University Hospitals Leuven - KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Liver Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBERehd, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Universitiy of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Purpan Hospital, CHU Toulouse, INSERM U858, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Liver Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Servicio de Medicina de Aparato Digestivo Gregorio Marañón, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, CIBERehd, Madrid, Spain
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain; Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), Paris, France
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Department of Gastroenterology and Institut de Recerca, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology "Octavian Fodor", Hepatology Department and "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 3rd Medical Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Biomedical Research, Bern University, Hepatology, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain; Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Gastroenterología y Hepatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain.
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Yotti R, Ripoll C, Benito Y, Catalina MV, Elízaga J, Rincón D, Fernández-Avilés F, Bermejo J, Bañares R. Left ventricular systolic function is associated with sympathetic nervous activity and markers of inflammation in cirrhosis. Hepatology 2017; 65:2019-2030. [PMID: 28195341 DOI: 10.1002/hep.29104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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UNLABELLED An accurate evaluation of cardiac function in patients with cirrhosis remains a challenge. We used robust echocardiographic indices to characterize left ventricular (LV) systolic function and its relationship to activation of the sympathetic nervous system and inflammation in 59 patients with cirrhosis and 59 age-matched controls. Additionally, in 11 patients we withdrew beta-blockers and diuretics and used phenylephrine and albumin infusion to evaluate the response to acute afterload and preload changes (interventional substudy). Measures of systolic LV function such as the ejection intraventricular pressure difference (EIVPD) and the systolic strain rate were higher in patients with cirrhosis than in controls (median [1st-3rd quartile], 4.0 [3.1-5.1] versus 2.9 [2.4-3.6] mm Hg and -1.3 [-1.6 to -1.1] versus -1.2 [-1.6 to -1.1)] s-1 , respectively; P < 0.05 for both). EIVPD was related to the severity of liver disease (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, rho = 0.45, P < 0.001), the degree of sympathetic nervous system activation (noradrenaline, rho = 0.26, P = 0.05; heart rate variability, rho = -0.43, P = 0.003), and treatment with beta-blockers (P = 0.001). In the interventional substudy, EIVPD was higher in patients with ascites (6.5 [5.4-8.5] versus 4.0 [3.9-5.1] mm Hg, P = 0.045). The decrease in EIVPD induced by phenylephrine was inversely related to baseline systolic function (P < 0.05) and associated with markers of systemic vasodilatation (nitric oxide, rho = -0.66, P = 0.06; diastolic blood pressure, rho = 0.68, P = 0.04) and inflammation (interleukin-1beta, rho = -0.80, P = 0.009). CONCLUSION LV systolic function is enhanced in cirrhosis due to augmented adrenergic tone and modulated by treatment with beta-blockers; acute afterload stress induces a deeper impairment of systolic function in patients with more advanced degrees of vasodilatation and inflammation; these changes in LV function related to cirrhosis can be assessed using robust echocardiographic methods. (Hepatology 2017;65:2019-2030).
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- Raquel Yotti
- Department of Cardiology and CIBERCV, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, and Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Digestive Diseases and CIBEREHD, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, and Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology and CIBERCV, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, and Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Digestive Diseases and CIBEREHD, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, and Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology and CIBERCV, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, and Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Digestive Diseases and CIBEREHD, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, and Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology and CIBERCV, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, and Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology and CIBERCV, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, and Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Digestive Diseases and CIBEREHD, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, and Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Gustot T, Fernandez J, Garcia E, Morando F, Caraceni P, Alessandria C, Laleman W, Trebicka J, Elkrief L, Hopf C, Solís-Munoz P, Saliba F, Zeuzem S, Albillos A, Benten D, Montero-Alvarez JL, Chivas MT, Concepción M, Córdoba J, McCormick A, Stauber R, Vogel W, de Gottardi A, Welzel TM, Domenicali M, Risso A, Wendon J, Deulofeu C, Angeli P, Durand F, Pavesi M, Gerbes A, Jalan R, Moreau R, Ginés P, Bernardi M, Arroyo V, Bañares R, Bocci M, Catalina MV, Chin JL, Coenraad MJ, Coilly A, Dorn L, Gatta A, Gerber L, Grøenbæk H, Graupera I, Guevara M, Hausen A, Karlsen S, Lohse AW, Maggioli C, Markwardt D, Martinez J, Marzano A, de la Mata García M, Mesonero F, Mookerjee RP, Moreno C, Morrell B, Mortensen C, Nevens F, Peck‐Radosavljevic M, Rizzetto M, Romano A, Samuel D, Sauerbruch T, Simon‐Talero M, Solà E, Soriano G, Sperl J, Spindelboeck W, Steib C, Valla D, Verbeke L, Van Vlierberghe H, Wege H, Willars C, Baenas MY, Zaccherini G. Clinical Course of acute-on-chronic liver failure syndrome and effects on prognosis. Hepatology 2015; 62:243-52. [PMID: 25877702 DOI: 10.1002/hep.27849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 407] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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UNLABELLED Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterized by acute decompensation (AD) of cirrhosis, organ failure(s), and high 28-day mortality. We investigated whether assessments of patients at specific time points predicted their need for liver transplantation (LT) or the potential futility of their care. We assessed clinical courses of 388 patients who had ACLF at enrollment, from February through September 2011, or during early (28-day) follow-up of the prospective multicenter European Chronic Liver Failure (CLIF) ACLF in Cirrhosis study. We assessed ACLF grades at different time points to define disease resolution, improvement, worsening, or steady or fluctuating course. ACLF resolved or improved in 49.2%, had a steady or fluctuating course in 30.4%, and worsened in 20.4%. The 28-day transplant-free mortality was low-to-moderate (6%-18%) in patients with nonsevere early course (final no ACLF or ACLF-1) and high-to-very high (42%-92%) in those with severe early course (final ACLF-2 or -3) independently of initial grades. Independent predictors of course severity were CLIF Consortium ACLF score (CLIF-C ACLFs) and presence of liver failure (total bilirubin ≥12 mg/dL) at ACLF diagnosis. Eighty-one percent had their final ACLF grade at 1 week, resulting in accurate prediction of short- (28-day) and mid-term (90-day) mortality by ACLF grade at 3-7 days. Among patients that underwent early LT, 75% survived for at least 1 year. Among patients with ≥4 organ failures, or CLIF-C ACLFs >64 at days 3-7 days, and did not undergo LT, mortality was 100% by 28 days. CONCLUSIONS Assessment of ACLF patients at 3-7 days of the syndrome provides a tool to define the emergency of LT and a rational basis for intensive care discontinuation owing to futility.
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- Thierry Gustot
- Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Data Management Center of the EASL-CLIF Consortium, CIBEReHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Munich, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany
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- Data Management Center of the EASL-CLIF Consortium, CIBEReHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Data Management Center of the EASL-CLIF Consortium, CIBEReHD, Barcelona, Spain
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Ripoll C, Genescà J, Araujo IK, Graupera I, Augustin S, Tejedor M, Cirera I, Aracil C, Sala M, Hernandez-Guerra M, Llop E, Escorsell A, Catalina MV, Cañete N, Albillos A, Villanueva C, Abraldes JG, Bañares R, Bosch J. Rebleeding prophylaxis improves outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. A multicenter case-control study. Hepatology 2013; 58:2079-88. [PMID: 23908019 DOI: 10.1002/hep.26629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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UNLABELLED Outcome of variceal bleeding (VB) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unknown. We compared outcomes after VB in patients with and without HCC. All patients with HCC and esophageal VB admitted between 2007 and 2010 were included. Follow-up was prolonged until death, transplantation, or June 2011. For each patient with HCC, a patient without HCC matched by age and Child-Pugh class was selected. A total of 292 patients were included, 146 with HCC (Barcelona Classification of Liver Cancer class 0-3 patients, A [in 25], B [in 29], C [in 45], and D [in 41]) and 146 without HCC. No differences were observed regarding previous use of prophylaxis, clinical presentation, endoscopic findings, and initial endoscopic treatment. Five-day failure was similar (25% in HCC versus 18% in non-HCC; P = 0.257). HCC patients had greater 6-week rebleeding rate (16 versus 7%, respectively; P = 0.025) and 6-week mortality (30% versus 15%; P = 0.003). Fewer patients with HCC received secondary prophylaxis after bleeding (77% versus 89%; P = 0.009), and standard combination therapy was used less frequently (58% versus 70%; P = 0.079). Secondary prophylaxis failure was more frequent (50% versus 31%; P = 0.001) and survival significantly shorter in patients with HCC (median survival: 5 months versus greater than 38 months in patients without HCC; P < 0.001). Lack of prophylaxis increased rebleeding and mortality. On multivariate analysis Child-Pugh score, presence of HCC, portal vein thrombosis, and lack of secondary prophylaxis were predictors of death. CONCLUSIONS Patients with HCC and VB have worse prognosis than patients with VB without HCC. Secondary prophylaxis offers survival benefit in HCC patients.
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- Cristina Ripoll
- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, IiSGM, CiberEHD, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Diaz-Sanchez A, Nuñez-Martinez O, Gonzalez-Asanza C, Matilla A, Merino B, Rincon D, Beceiro I, Catalina MV, Salcedo M, Bañares R, Clemente G. Portal hypertensive colopathy is associated with portal hypertension severity in cirrhotic patients. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15:4781-7. [PMID: 19824111 PMCID: PMC2761555 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.4781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To assess the prevalence of portal hypertension (PH) related colorectal lesions in liver transplant candidates, and to evaluate its association with the severity of PH.
METHODS: Between October 2004 and December 2005, colonoscopy was performed in 92 cirrhotic liver transplant candidates. We described the lesions resulting from colorectal PH and their association with the grade of PH in 77 patients who underwent measurement of hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG).
RESULTS: Mean age was 55 years and 80.7% of patients were men. The main etiology of cirrhosis was alcoholism (45.5%). Portal hypertensive colopathy (PHC) was found in 23.9%, colonic varices in 7.6% and polyps in 38% of patients (adenomatous type 65.2%). One asymptomatic patient had a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma. The manifestations of colorectal PH were not associated with the etiology of liver disease or with the Child-Pugh grade. Ninety percent of patients with colopathy presented with gastroesophageal varices (GEV), and 27.5% of patients with GEV presented with colopathy (P = 0.12). A relationship between higher values of HVPG and presence of colopathy was observed (19.9 ± 6.2 mmHg vs 16.8 ± 5.4 mmHg, P = 0.045), but not with the grade of colopathy (P = 0.13). Preneoplastic polyps and neoplasm (P = 0.02) and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (P = 0.006) were more prevalent in patients with colopathy. We did not observe any association between previous β-blocker therapy and the presence of colorectal portal hypertensive vasculopathy.
CONCLUSION: PHC is common in cirrhotic liver transplant candidates and is associated with higher portal pressure.
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Lo Iacono O, Rincón D, Hernando A, Ripoll C, Catalina MV, Salcedo M, Clemente G, Gomez J, Nuñez O, Matilla A, Bañares R. Serum levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule are related to hyperdynamic circulation in patients with liver cirrhosis. Liver Int 2008; 28:1129-35. [PMID: 18482273 DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01763.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND In patients with liver cirrhosis, serum levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) have been associated with increasing fibrosis and are related to angiogenesis. AIM To assess the possible correlation between sVCAM-1 and splanchnic and systemic haemodynamic and clinical staging of cirrhotic patients. METHODS We assessed, using immunoassays, the serum levels of sVCAM-1, in the peripheral and hepatic vein, in all consecutive patients with liver cirrhosis, who underwent a haemodynamic study as part of its routine clinical work-up. RESULTS We studied 86 patients [61 M/25 F; age 51.1 (8.3) years] with alcoholic (31) or viral (HBV:6, HCV:49) cirrhosis, 10 of them with hepatocellular carcinoma (Milan criteria). The mean follow-up was 391(187) days; 29 patients died or underwent transplantion during follow-up. A strong correlation in serum levels of sVCAM-1 was observed between the peripheral and the hepatic vein (r=0.8; P=0.0001). There was no correlation between levels of sVCAM-1 and hepatic venous pressure gradient. At univariate analysis, sVCAM-1 was inversely related with mean arterial pressure (r=-0.292; P=0.007), systemic vascular resistance (SVR) (r=-0.37; P=0.005) and serum sodium levels (r=-0.326; P=0.002). In multivariate linear regression only SVR remained as an independent variable associated to sVCAM-1. A correlation of sVCAM-1 with Child-Pugh scores, model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and the clinical stage proposed in the Baveno IV consensus conference was also observed. Finally, patients who died or underwent transplantion during follow-up had significantly greater values of sVCAM-1 at baseline than those who did not [3505(1329) vs. 2488(1208) P=0.001]. CONCLUSION This study supports a potential role of sVCAM-1 as a marker of hyperdynamic circulation, closely related to the different stage of liver cirrhosis.
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- Oreste Lo Iacono
- CIBEREHD and Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Sección de Hepatología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
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Rincon D, Lo Iacono O, Ripoll C, Gomez-Camarero J, Salcedo M, Catalina MV, Hernando A, Clemente G, Matilla A, Nuñez O, Bañares R. Prognostic value of hepatic venous pressure gradient for in-hospital mortality of patients with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007; 25:841-8. [PMID: 17373923 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) has prognostic value in complications and survival of patients with liver cirrhosis. However, the relationship between HVPG and the outcome of acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH), as well as the specific features of portal hypertension syndrome in this setting, have not been defined. AIMS To evaluate the prognostic value of HVPG and to analyse the degree of portal hypertension and hyperdynamic circulation in patients with severe AAH. METHODS Early measurements of HVPG were performed in 60 patients with severe AAH, and compared with the haemodynamic findings of 37 and 29 liver transplantation candidates with alcoholic or viral end-stage cirrhosis respectively. RESULTS Twenty-three patients (38%) died during hospitalization. Portal hypertension and hyperdynamic circulation were more severe in AAH patients. HVPG was greater in non-survivors [26.9 (7.4) vs. 19.4 (5.2) mmHg, P < 0.001]. Only 4/31 (13%) patients with HVPG <or= 22 mmHg died from the episode of AAH, vs. 19/29 (66%) patients with HVPG > 22 (P < 0.001). Encephalopathy (OR 9.4; CI 1.4-64.8), Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score > 25 (OR 7.4; CI 1.4-39.9) and HVPG > 22 mmHg (OR 6.7; CI 1.1-39.9) were independently associated to in-hospital mortality. CONCLUSIONS Early measurement of HVPG provides important prognostic information on the short-term outcome of patients with severe AAH. In addition, MELD score also seems to be a strong prognostic factor in these patients.
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- D Rincon
- Sección de Hepatología, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
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Clemente M, Núñez O, Lorente R, Rincón D, Matilla A, Salcedo M, Catalina MV, Ripoll C, Iacono OL, Bañares R, Clemente G, García-Monzón C. Increased intrahepatic and circulating levels of endoglin, a TGF-beta1 co-receptor, in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: relationship to histological and serum markers of hepatic fibrosis. J Viral Hepat 2006; 13:625-32. [PMID: 16907850 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2006.00733.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Endoglin, a transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 co-receptor, has been associated with renal and cutaneous fibrosis, as overexpression of this protein has been observed in biopsies from patients with glomerulosclerosis and scleroderma, respectively. Our aim was to evaluate whether endoglin may be associated with hepatic fibrosis featuring chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Fifty-two anti-HCV+ patients, five anti-HCV- patients and 27 healthy subjects were studied. Western blot and immunohistochemistry were used to quantify the expression levels of endoglin and TGF-beta1 in liver biopsy samples, and serum concentrations of endoglin and hyaluronic acid were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). In patients with advanced fibrosis, intrahepatic expression levels of endoglin and TGF-beta1 were significantly higher than those in patients with early fibrosis (mean: 3- and 5.8-fold, respectively) and normal liver (mean: 3.9- and 12-fold, respectively). Interestingly, activated hepatic stellate cells as well as portal and septal myofibroblasts expressed endoglin. Serum levels of endoglin were also significantly higher in patients with advanced fibrosis than in those with early fibrosis (55.5 +/- 1.6 vs 47.5 +/- 0.9 ng/mL, P < 0.001), showing a positive correlation with serum hyaluronic acid concentrations (r = 0.57, P = 0.01). In conclusion, increased intrahepatic endoglin and TGF-beta1 expression is significantly associated with progressive hepatic fibrosis in chronic HCV infection. Circulating endoglin levels are elevated in HCV patients showing a significant correlation with histological and serum markers of hepatic fibrosis. These data suggest an active role for endoglin in the fibrotic process featuring chronic HCV infection.
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- M Clemente
- Liver Research Unit, University Hospital Santa Cristina, Madrid, Spain
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Bañares R, Catalina MV, Ripoll C. Insuficiencia hepática crónica agudizada. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004. [DOI: 10.1157/13067444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Catalina MV, Núñez O, Ponferrada A, Menchén L, Matilla A, Clemente G, Bañares R. [Liver failure due to mushroom poisoning: clinical course and new treatment perspectives]. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2003; 26:417-20. [PMID: 12887855 DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(03)70383-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Mushroom poisoning, mainly due to the Amanita genus, is an infrequent cause of liver failure in our environment. However, because of its high morbidity and mortality, it constitutes a medical emergency. The characteristic initial symptoms of vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea are nonspecific and may be confused with gastroenteritis. If correct and early treatment is not given, renal and hepatic failure can develop, sometimes requiring liver transplantation. We present three cases of mushroom poisoning, which presented a different clinical course ranging from complete recovery with traditional medical treatment to severe acute liver failure requiring transplantation in one patient and albumin dialysis (molecular absorbent recycling system [MARS]) in another with favorable outcome. Although controlled clinical studies of the treatment of mushroom poisoning are lacking, recommendations based on the experience of various authors have been established. Penicillin G and silymarin seem to be useful. The development of new techniques of extracorporeal detoxification, mainly MARS, may represent an important support system in the treatment of these patients.
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- M V Catalina
- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo. Sección de Hepatología. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Madrid. España
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Catalina MV, de Diego A, García-Sánchez A, Escudero M, Salcedo M, Bañares R, Clemente G. [Characterization of de novo malignancies in liver transplantation]. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2003; 26:57-63. [PMID: 12570889 DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(03)79044-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The incidence of de novo malignancies after liver transplantation varies from 3-15%, and is greater than that in the general population. Immunosuppression may play a significant role in the development of most of these tumors. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence and clinical features of de novo tumors in liver transplant recipients in our center as well as to assess survival. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 437 liver transplantations (380 patients) performed from April 1990 to July 2001. The incidence of de novo malignancies was 7.4% (n = 28). Four patients presented two different tumors during their lifetime. The etiology of the underlying disease was alcoholic cirrhosis (45.8%), hepatitis C virus cirrhosis (20.8%), hepatitis B virus cirrhosis (12.5%), autoimmune disease (8.4%) and other causes (12.5%). The most frequent neoplasms were cutaneous and epidermoid tumors (21.4% of the malignancies both groups). All the patients with epidermoid tumors and adenocarcinomas were active smokers. The mean age at diagnosis was 58 9 years and this was a factor that influenced tumoral type (adenocarcinomas in older patients and epidermoid tumors in younger patients; p = 0.04). RESULTS Sarcomas and adenocarcinomas appeared sooner after transplantation than epidermoid and cutaneous tumors (p = 0.04). Fifty percent of the malignancies developed in the second and third year after transplantation. The type of immunosuppression did not influence tumoral type, although most patients received cyclosporin A in combination with azathioprine and/or corticoids. The mean duration of follow-up after diagnosis of the tumor was 23.1 28 months (range, 1-81). Mortality was 58.4% with a median survival of 9 16 months. The actuarial probability of survival at 1, 3 and 5 years was 46.1, 27.7 and 27.7%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS De novo malignancies are frequent after liver transplantation and their clinical course differs from that in the general population. Because their clinical course is more aggressive, regular follow-up of these patients is essential for early diagnosis.
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- M V Catalina
- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo. Unidad de Trasplante Hepático. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Madrid. España
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de Diego A, García-Sánchez A, Catalina MV, Escudero M, Salcedo M, Bañares R, Clemente G. Caracterización de los tumores malignos de novo en el trasplante hepático. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2003. [DOI: 10.1157/13042811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Catalina MV, Barrio J, García A, Alonso S, Rincón D, Pérez JL, Núñez O, Menchén P, Bañares R. [Characteristics of bleeding from esophageal-gastric varices in patients with HIV infection]. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2002; 25:443-7. [PMID: 12139837 DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(02)70284-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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AIMS Coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatotropic viruses (hepatitis B and C) is frequent because the routes of infection are similar. Liver disease appears earlier in these patients and progression to cirrhosis and its complications is faster. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and clinical characteristics of bleeding from esophageal-gastric varices in patients with HIV. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 258 consecutive episodes of bleeding from esophageal-gastric varices in cirrhotic patients between January 1996 and January 2001, of which 20 episodes occurred in patients with HIV (7.8%). RESULTS The mean age was significantly lower in patients with HIV infection and all presented hepatitis C infection. The hepatic venous pressure gradient was higher in patients with HIV (22.8 3.4 mmHg vs 19.6 5,4 mmHg; p = 0.05). No differences in the severity of liver disease (Child-Pugh), transfusion requirements, treatment performed, initial hemostasis, early recurrence, or rescue treatment with dipeptidyl peptidase I (DPPI) were found. The development of complications (bacterial infections, hepatic encephalopathy and ascites), hospital stay and mortality were also similar. Mortality was not influenced by HIV stage. Bleeding from esophageal-gastric varices in patients with HIV infection has a similar form of presentation and clinical course with treatment to that in non-cirrhotic patients, despite a higher degree of portal hypertension. CONCLUSIONS The presence of HIV infection should not modify diagnostic or therapeutic attitudes to bleeding from esophageal-gastric varices.
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- M V Catalina
- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Unidad de Hepatología y Hemodinámica Hepática, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
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de Diego A, Escudero M, Catalina MV, Salcedo M, Garcí Sánchez A, Alvarez E, Clemente G. Recurrence of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in the graft after liver transplantation in adults. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:1245-7. [PMID: 12072329 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)02755-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- A de Diego
- Liver Transplant Unit, University General Hospital, Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Bañares R, Catalina MV, García-Sánchez A. [New treatments of variceal hemorrhage]. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2002; 25 Suppl 1:25-35. [PMID: 11917559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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- R Bañares
- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, C/Dr. Esquerdo, 46, 28007 Madrid.
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Bañares R, Alonso S, Catalina MV, Casado M, Rincón D, Salcedo M, Alvarez E, Guerrero C, Echenagusía A, Camúñez F, Simó G. Randomized controlled trial of aspiration needle versus automated biopsy device for transjugular liver biopsy. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2001; 12:583-7. [PMID: 11340136 DOI: 10.1016/s1051-0443(07)61479-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The efficacy and safety of transjugular liver biopsy used to obtain liver specimens in patients with coagulation disorders have been widely proven. However, histopathologic examination is not always possible because of fragmented samples provided by the aspiration technique. Recently, an automated device with a Tru-Cut-type needle was designed. In this randomized controlled trial, the use of this new device is compared with the traditional method in terms of efficacy and safety. METHOD Fifty-six patients were included in the study; 28 were randomized to undergo the aspiration technique and 28 were randomized to undergo the automated biopsy technique. RESULTS Correct positioning of the device was achieved in 93% of patients undergoing the aspiration technique and 96% of patients undergoing the automated biopsy technique (P = NS). Mean duration of the procedure and total number of passes were significantly higher in the aspiration needle group than in the automated device group (22.6 min +/- 12.6 vs 15.5 min +/- 9.4; P = .03, and 3.3 min +/- 1.9 vs 1.5 min +/- 0.63; P < .001, respectively). The number of portal tracts was significantly higher in the automated device group (4.7 +/- 2.5 vs. 2.7 +/- 3.4; P < .05). Adequate specimens for histopathologic evaluation were obtained in 26 patients in the automated device group and 24 patients in the aspiration needle group (92.8% vs 85.7%; P = NS), but a definite histopathologic diagnosis was more frequently obtained with the automated biopsy device (68% vs 43%; P = .05). No significant differences were observed in complication rates (7.14% vs. 10.7%; P = NS). CONCLUSION The automated biopsy device for transjugular liver biopsy is more effective than an aspiration needle in obtaining good samples for a definite histologic diagnosis.
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- R Bañares
- Hepatic Hemodynamics Laboratory, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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Carneros JA, Senent MC, Vaquero J, Catalina MV, González-Asanza C, Jiménez P, Casariego J, Parera A, Cos E, Menchén P. [The endoscopic placement of self-expanding metal prostheses as palliative treatment in colorectal stenosis of tumor origin]. Gastroenterol Hepatol 1999; 22:167-70. [PMID: 10349785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the endoscopic placement of autoexpandible metallic prostheses of the colon carried out in our department as palliative treatment in patients with colorectal stenosis of tumoral origin. PATIENTS AND METHODS From may, 1995 to august, 1998, autoexpandible metallic prostheses were placed in 14 patients (11 males and 3 females, mean age 64.5 years, range 41-92). All the patients presented tumoral stenosis by adenocarcinoma, 5 of which had been previously treated by surgery. RESULTS All the stenoses were found in the rectum/sigma at less than 35 cm from the anal margin. In 7 patients endoscopic dilatation was performed prior to placement of the autoexpandible metallic prostheses. The prostheses used had a diameter of 18 mm and were of variable length. The placement of the prostheses was successfully achieved in all the patients except 2 (one due to technical difficulties and in the other because of early migration of the same, in both the autoexpandible metallic prostheses was placed without complications within 24 h). In two cases early complications were observed (14%): one case due to perforation and one to early migration. In two patients stenosis of the prostheses was observed during follow up and in a third patient late migration occurred. CONCLUSIONS Endoscopic placement of autoexpandible metallic prostheses in patients with colorectal stenosis of tumoral origin is a simple technique with few complications and may be used as a definitive palliative treatment in these patients.
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- J A Carneros
- Sección de Endoscopias, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid
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