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2. The threat of carbapenem resistance in Eastern Europe in patients with decompensated cirrhosis admitted to intensive care unit.
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Fischer, Petra, Pandrea, Stanca, Dan Grigorescu, Mircea, Stefanescu, Horia, Tefas, Cristian, Hadade, Adina, Procopet, Bogdan, and Ionescu, Daniela
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Multidrug-resistant organisms are an increasing concern in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of infections with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Patients with decompensated cirrhosis admitted to ICU were included. The isolated Enterobacteriaceae strains were tested for carbapenemase-producing genes using the Roche LightMix® Modular VIM/IMP/NDM/GES/KPC/OXA48 -carbapenemase detection kit. 48 culture-positive infections were registered in 75 patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis. Thirty patients contracted a second infection. 46% of bacteria isolated at admission and 60% of bacteria responsible for infections identified during ICU-stay were multiresistant. ESBL+ Enterobacteriaceae were predominant at admission, while carbapenem-resistance was dominant in both Enterobacteriaceae and Non-Fermenting-Gram-Negative Bacteria responsible for infections diagnosed during hospitalisation. OXA 48 or KPC type carbapenemases were present in 30% of the analyzed Enterobacteriaceae and in 40% of the phenotypically carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains. The length of ICU stay was a risk-factor for a second infection (p=0.04). Previous carbapenem usage was associated with occurence of infections with carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria during hospitalization (p=0.03). The prevalence of infections with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae is high in patients with decompensated cirrhosis admitted to ICU. Carbapenemase-producing genes in Enterobacteriaceae in our center are bla OXA-48 and bla KPC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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3. P-19 CHARACTERIZATION, PROGNOSTIC FACTORS, AND SURVIVAL IN MODERATE ALCOHOL-ASSOCIATED HEPATITIS: A MULTICENTER STUDY
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Idalsoaga, Francisco, Díaz, Luis Antonio, Corsi, Oscar, Ayares, Gustavo, Arnold, Jorge, Dunn, Winston, Li, Yanming, Singal, Ashwani, Simonetto, Doug, Ayala-Valverde, María, Ramirez, Carolina A., Morales-Arraez, Dalia, Zhang, Wei, Qian, Steve, Ahn, Joseph, Buryska, Seth, Mehta, Heer, Waleed, Muhammad, Stefanescu, Horia, Horhat, Adelina, Bumbu, Andreea, Attar, Bashar, Agrawal, Rohit, Cabezas, Joaquín, Cuyàs, Berta, Poca, Maria, Pastor, German Soriano, Sarin, Shiv K, Maiwall, Rakhi, Jalal, Prasun K, Tijera, María Fátima Higuera-De La, Kulkarni, Anand, Rao, Nagaraja, Salazar, Patricia Guerra, Skladaný, Lubomir, Bystrianska, Natália, Prado, Veronica, Clemente-Sanchez, Ana, Rincón, Diego, Haider, Tehseen, Chacko, Kristina R, Romero, Gustavo A, Pollarsky, Florencia D, Restrepo, Juan Carlos, Toro, Luis G, Yaquich, Pamela, Mendizabal, Manuel, Garrido, Maria Laura, Marciano, Sebastian, Dirchwolf, Melisa, Vargas, Victor, Jimenez, Cesar, García-Tsao, Guadalupe, Ortiz, Guillermo, Abraldes, Juan G, Kamath, Patrick, Shah, Vijay, Bataller, Ramon, and Arab, Juan Pablo
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Alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) corresponds to a severe entity with high short-term mortality; however, few studies have been published in patients with moderate AH. This study aimed to characterize patients with moderate AH in a global study, identifying prognostic factors and survival at 30, 90, and 180 days.
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- 2024
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4. P- 40 PENTOXIFYLLINE USE IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOL-ASSOCIATED HEPATITIS ADMITTED WITH ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY COULD DECREASE SURVIVAL: A GLOBAL STUDY
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Idalsoaga, Francisco, Diaz, Luis Antonio, Corsi, Oscar, Ayares, Gustavo, Arnold, Jorge, Dunn, Winston, Li, Yanming, Singal, Ashwani, Simonetto, Doug, Ayala-Valverde, María, Ramirez, Carolina A, Morales-Arraez, Dalia, Zhang, Wei, Qian, Steve, Ahn, Joseph, Buryska, Seth, Mehta, Heer, Waleed, Muhammad, Stefanescu, Horia, Horhat, Adelina, Bumbu, Andreea, Agrawal, Bashar, Agrawal, Rohit, Cabezas, Joaquín, Cuyàs, Berta, Poca, Maria, Pastor, German Soriano, Sarin, Shiv K, Maiwall, Rakhi, Jalal, Prasun K, Tijera, María Fátima Higuera-De La, Kulkarni, Anand, Rao, Nagaraja, Salazar, Patricia Guerra, Skladaný, Lubomir, Bystrianska, Natália, Prado, Veronica, Clemente-Sanchez, Ana, Rincón, Diego, Haider, Tehseen, Chacko, Kristina R, Romero, Gustavo A, Pollarsky, Florencia, Restrepo, Juan Carlos, Toro, Luis G, Yaquich, Pamela, Mendizabal, Manuel, Garrido, Maria Laura, Marciano, Sebastian, Dirchwolf, Melisa, Vargas, Victor, Jimenez, Cesar, García-Tsao, Guadalupe, Ortiz, Guillermo, Abraldes, Juan G, Kamath, Patrick, Shah, Vijay, Bataller, Ramon, and Arab, Juan Pablo
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Alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) is a severe entity with a mortality of up to 30–50% at 1 month. Pentoxifylline combined with steroids has not demonstrated benefits in severe AH. Some studies have suggested that pentoxifylline may be beneficial in the subgroup of patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) and AH. However, there is no solid evidence of its benefit in mortality in this setting. This study aimed to determine the benefit of the use of pentoxifylline in patients with severe AH and AKI.
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- 2024
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5. Are presepsin and resistin better markers for bacterial infection in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis?
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Fischer, Petra, Grigoras, Crina, Bugariu, Anca, Nicoara-Farcau, Oana, Stefanescu, Horia, Benea, Andreea, Hadade, Adina, Margarit, Simona, Sparchez, Zeno, Tantau, Marcel, Ionescu, Daniela, and Procopet, Bogdan
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Bacterial infections impair prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. Presepsin and, more recently, resistin are promising markers of infection and sepsis in patients without cirrhosis. The aim of our study was to assess the performance of presepsin and resistin as early markers of infection compared with C reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT), and their prognostic relevance in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. One hundred and fourteen consecutive patients with decompensated cirrhosis were enrolled and followed-up for 28 days. Diagnostic performances of CRP, PCT, presepsin and resistin were assessed. Fifty-three (46.5%) patients had bacterial infections of which 30 (56%) had sepsis. Presepsin and resistin had similar performance as CRP and PCT for the diagnosis of infection (best cut-off of 1444 pg/ml and 20 ng/ml, respectively) and sepsis. Presepsin (HR = 5.5; 95%CI: 2.36–13.21, p < 0.0001) and the ≥500 pg/ml increase of presepsin at 48 h (HR = 9.24; 95%CI: 3.66–23.27, p < 0.008) were independently associated with 28-day mortality. Presepsin and resistin have similar diagnostic performances to CRP and PCT for bacterial infection in decompensated cirrhosis. Presepsin and Δ presepsin ≥500 pg/ml have also a prognostic relevance for 28-day mortality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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6. Point quantification elastography in the evaluation of liver elasticity in healthy volunteers: a reliability study based on operator expertise.
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Felicani, Cristina, De Molo, Chiara, Stefanescu, Horia, Conti, Fabio, Mazzotta, Elena, Gabusi, Veronica, Nardi, Elena, Morselli-Labate, Antonio Maria, Andreone, Pietro, and Serra, Carla
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Purpose: The assessment of liver fibrosis is essential in the management of patients with chronic liver diseases. Liver biopsy is considered the gold standard procedure for this purpose, though the recent development of new elastosonographic techniques to measure liver stiffness (LS) noninvasively is promising. Point quantification elastography (PQE) showed good results but less is known about the level of skill needed to obtain reliable results. The aim of the study was to evaluate the reproducibility of PQE in assessing LS in healthy subjects comparing three operators with different expertise.Methods: Between December 2012 and April 2013, 50 consecutive healthy volunteers (18 males, 32 females), median age 30 years (range 25-66) and BMI 22.4 (range 16.7-33.6) were submitted to PQE (iU22 Philips, Bothell, WA, USA) by three operators: two US and elastography providers (one expert and one with intermediate skill) and a skilled transient elastography (Fibroscan) operator with no expertise in US. Intra- and inter-observer agreements were assessed by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).Results: PQE measurement was obtained in all subjects by all evaluators. No significant differences of mean liver stiffness were found among operators (P = 0.980). Intra-observer agreement was excellent 0.918 (0.941 for expert, 0.917 for intermediate and 0.888 for novice). The ICC of the inter-observer agreement among the three ratters was excellent (0.882) and was higher in normal than overweight patients (0.923 vs. 0.603; P = 0.011).Conclusion: PQE is a reliable and reproducible non-invasive method for the assessment of LE, and can be performed also by a non-experienced operator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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7. Imaging of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in cirrhosis and risk of false diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
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Sagrini, Elisabetta, Iavarone, Massimo, Stefanini, Federico, Tovoli, Francesco, Vavassori, Sara, Maggioni, Marco, Renzulli, Matteo, Salvatore, Veronica, Stefanescu, Horia, Colombo, Massimo, Bolondi, Luigi, and Piscaglia, Fabio
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Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma can be achieved by imaging in cirrhotic patients. Combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma is a primary liver tumor and its imaging patterns have been poorly investigated. Misdiagnosis for either hepatocellular carcinoma or benign lesions can occur. We aimed to evaluate the enhancement pattern of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in cirrhosis with imaging techniques and to estimate the risk of misdiagnosis for hepatocellular carcinoma. All histology-confirmed combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in cirrhosis seen in two Italian centers between 2003 and 2016, in which at least one imaging technique had been performed, was retrospectively collected. The enhancement pattern was analyzed for all available imaging modalities. A total of 37 combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma nodules were identified. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging had been performed in 27, 34, and 17 nodules, respectively. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound was at higher risk of misdiagnosis for pure hepatocellular carcinoma than computed tomography (p?=?0.005) or magnetic resonance imaging (p?=?0.040). Only six of 24 combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma lesions submitted to both contrast-enhanced ultrasound and computed tomography showed coincident patterns; contrast-enhanced ultrasound correctly suggested a condition of malignancy in a higher number of cases than computed tomography (p?0.001) and magnetic resonance imaging (p?=?0.002). Contrast-enhanced ultrasound misdiagnosed a higher number of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma as hepatocellular carcinoma than computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. However, the latter techniques were able to identify features of malignancy less often.
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- 2019
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8. Imaging of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in cirrhosis and risk of false diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
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Sagrini, Elisabetta, Iavarone, Massimo, Stefanini, Federico, Tovoli, Francesco, Vavassori, Sara, Maggioni, Marco, Renzulli, Matteo, Salvatore, Veronica, Stefanescu, Horia, Colombo, Massimo, Bolondi, Luigi, and Piscaglia, Fabio
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Background Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma can be achieved by imaging in cirrhotic patients. Combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma is a primary liver tumor and its imaging patterns have been poorly investigated. Misdiagnosis for either hepatocellular carcinoma or benign lesions can occur. We aimed to evaluate the enhancement pattern of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in cirrhosis with imaging techniques and to estimate the risk of misdiagnosis for hepatocellular carcinoma.Methods All histology-confirmed combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in cirrhosis seen in two Italian centers between 2003 and 2016, in which at least one imaging technique had been performed, was retrospectively collected. The enhancement pattern was analyzed for all available imaging modalities.Results A total of 37 combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma nodules were identified. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging had been performed in 27, 34, and 17 nodules, respectively. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound was at higher risk of misdiagnosis for pure hepatocellular carcinoma than computed tomography (p= 0.005) or magnetic resonance imaging (p= 0.040). Only six of 24 combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma lesions submitted to both contrast-enhanced ultrasound and computed tomography showed coincident patterns; contrast-enhanced ultrasound correctly suggested a condition of malignancy in a higher number of cases than computed tomography (p< 0.001) and magnetic resonance imaging (p= 0.002).Conclusions Contrast-enhanced ultrasound misdiagnosed a higher number of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma as hepatocellular carcinoma than computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. However, the latter techniques were able to identify features of malignancy less often.
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- 2019
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9. Decompensation in Advanced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease May Occur at Lower Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient Levels Than in Patients With Viral Disease.
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Bassegoda, Octavi, Olivas, Pol, Turco, Laura, Mandorfer, Mattias, Serra-Burriel, Miquel, Tellez, Luis, Kwanten, Wilhelmus, Laroyenne, Alexia, Farcau, Oana, Alvarado, Edilmar, Moga, Lucile, Vuille-Lessard, Elise, Fortea, Jose Ignacio, Ibañez, Luis, Tosetti, Giulia, Vanwolleghem, Thomas, Larrue, Hélène, Burgos-Santamaría, Diego, Stefanescu, Horia, and Paternostro, Rafael
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Portal hypertension is the strongest predictor of hepatic decompensation and death in patients with cirrhosis. However, its discriminatory accuracy in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been challenged because hepatic vein catheterization may not reflect the real portal vein pressure as accurately as in patients with other etiologies. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) and presence of portal hypertension–related decompensation in patients with advanced NAFLD (aNAFLD). Multicenter cross-sectional study included 548 patients with aNAFLD and 444 with advanced RNA-positive hepatitis C (aHCV) who had detailed portal hypertension evaluation (HVPG measurement, gastroscopy, and abdominal imaging). We examined the relationship between etiology, HVPG, and decompensation by logistic regression models. We also compared the proportions of compensated/decompensated patients at different HVPG levels. Both cohorts, aNAFLD and aHVC, had similar baseline age, gender, Child-Pugh score, and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score. Median HVPG was lower in the aNAFLD cohort (13 vs 15 mmHg) despite similar liver function and higher rates of decompensation in aNAFLD group (32% vs 25%; P =.019) than in the aHCV group. For any of the HVPG cutoff analyzed (<10, 10–12, or 12 mmHg) the prevalence of decompensation was higher in the aNAFLD group than in the aHCV group. Patients with aNAFLD have higher prevalence of portal hypertension–related decompensation at any value of HVPG as compared with aHCV patients. Longitudinal studies aiming to identify HVPG thresholds able to predict decompensation and long-term outcomes in aNAFLD population are strongly needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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10. O-25 ASSESSMENT OF MODELS FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO CORTICOIDS TREATMENT IN ALCOHOL-ASSOCIATED HEPATITIS: A GLOBAL COHORT STUDY
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Idalsoaga, Francisco, Díaz, Luis Antonio, Ayares, Gustavo, Arnold, Jorge, Dunn, Winston, Li, Yanming, Singal, Ashwani, Simonetto, Doug, Ayala-Valverde, María, Perez, Diego, Gomez, Jaime, Escarate, Rodrigo, Fuentes-López, Eduardo, Ramirez, Carolina A, Morales-Arraez, Dalia, Zhang, Wei, Qian, Steve, Ahn, Joseph, Buryska, Seth, Mehta, Heer, Waleed, Muhammad, Stefanescu, Horia, Horhat, Adelina, Bumbu, Andreea, Attar, Bashar, Grawal, Rohit, Cabezas, Joaquín, García-Carrera, Inés, Cuyàs, Berta, Poca, Maria, Pastor, German Soriano, Sarin, Shiv K, Maiwall, Rakhi, Jalal, Prasun K, Tijera, María Fátima Higuera-De La, Kulkarni, Anand, Rao P, Nagaraja, Salazar, Patricia Guerra, Skladaný, Lubomir, Bystrianska, Natália, Prado, Veronica, Clemente-Sanchez, Ana, Rincón, Diego, Haider, Tehseen, Chacko, Kristina R, Romero, Gustavo A, Pollarsky, Florencia D, Restrepo, Juan Carlos, Toro, Luis G, Yaquich, Pamela, Mendizabal, Manuel, Garrido, Maria Laura, Marciano, Sebastian, Dirchwolf, Melisa, Vargas, Victor, Jimenez, Cesar, García-Tsao, Guadalupe, Ortiz, Guillermo, Abraldes, Juan G, Kamath, Patrick, Arrese, Marco, Shah, Vijay, Bataller, Ramon, and Arab, Juan Pablo
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Alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) is a severe entity associated with high mortality. Corticosteroids might be used in cases with severe disease and several dynamic models can predict mortality and response to corticosteroids in AH patients. However, there is no consensus on the best of them. This study aimed to evaluate dynamic models to predict response to corticosteroid treatment based on short-term mortality in patients with severe AH based on a worldwide cohort.
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- 2023
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11. Individual and population screening of varices needing treatment by a simple, safe and accurate test
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Ravaioli, Federico, Berger, Arthur, Farcau, Oana, Colecchia, Antonio, Stefanescu, Horia, Candillier, Camille, Nahon, Pierre, Bureau, Christophe, Ganne-Carriè, Nathalie, Berzigotti, Annalisa, de Ledinghen, Victor, Petta, Salvatore, Calès, Paul, groups, multicentric, Bologna, Cluj, Bondy, Toulouse, Bern, Bordeaux, and Palermo
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•Endoscopy to screen varices needing treatment can be avoided by non-invasive markers in a minority of patients. A new LIP test, designed for mains etiologies, spared 33% of endoscopies in population screening and 54% in individual screening. A new BLIP test, designed for NAFLD, spared 41% of endoscopies in population screening and 75% in individual screening. This new strategy, adapted to clinical practice, should improve screening adherence which is currently poor.
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- 2023
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12. Serum tests, liver stiffness and artificial neural networks for diagnosing cirrhosis and portal hypertension.
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Procopet, Bogdan, Cristea, Vasile Mircea, Robic, Marie Angele, Grigorescu, Mircea, Agachi, Paul Serban, Metivier, Sophie, Peron, Jean Marie, Selves, Janick, Stefanescu, Horia, Berzigotti, Annalisa, Vinel, Jean Pierre, and Bureau, Christophe
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Background The diagnostic performance of biochemical scores and artificial neural network models for portal hypertension and cirrhosis is not well established. Aims To assess diagnostic accuracy of six serum scores, artificial neural networks and liver stiffness measured by transient elastography, for diagnosing cirrhosis, clinically significant portal hypertension and oesophageal varices. Methods 202 consecutive compensated patients requiring liver biopsy and hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement were included. Several serum tests (alone and combined into scores) and liver stiffness were measured. Artificial neural networks containing or not liver stiffness as input variable were also created. Results The best non-invasive method for diagnosing cirrhosis, portal hypertension and oesophageal varices was liver stiffness ( C -statistics = 0.93, 0.94, and 0.90, respectively). Among serum tests/scores the best for diagnosing cirrhosis and portal hypertension and oesophageal varices were, respectively, Fibrosis-4, and Lok score. Artificial neural networks including liver stiffness had high diagnostic performance for cirrhosis, portal hypertension and oesophageal varices (accuracy > 80%), but were not statistically superior to liver stiffness alone. Conclusions Liver stiffness was the best non-invasive method to assess the presence of cirrhosis, portal hypertension and oesophageal varices. The use of artificial neural networks integrating different non-invasive tests did not increase the diagnostic accuracy of liver stiffness alone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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13. Comparison of screening strategies with two new tests to score and diagnose varices needing treatment
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Calès, Paul, Ravaioli, Federico, Berger, Arthur, Farcau, Oana, Festi, Davide, Stefanescu, Horia, Vitellius, Carole, Nahon, Pierre, Bureau, Christophe, Ganne-Carriè, Nathalie, Berzigotti, Annalisa, de Ledinghen, Victor, and Petta, Salvatore
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We aimed to improve non-invasive screening of varices needing treatment (VNT) and compare different screening strategies.
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- 2022
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14. Including Ratio of Platelets to Liver Stiffness Improves Accuracy of Screening for Esophageal Varices That Require Treatment.
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Berger, Arthur, Ravaioli, Federico, Farcau, Oana, Festi, Davide, Stefanescu, Horia, Buisson, François, Nahon, Pierre, Bureau, Christophe, Ganne-Carriè, Nathalie, Berzigotti, Annalisa, de Ledinghen, Victor, Petta, Salvatore, and Calès, Paul
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Based on platelets and liver stiffness measurements, the Baveno VI criteria (B6C), the expanded B6C (EB6C), and the ANTICIPATE score can be used to rule out varices needing treatment (VNT) in patients with compensated chronic liver disease. We aimed to improve these tests by including data on the ratio of platelets to liver stiffness. In a retrospective analysis of data from 10 study populations, collected from 2004 through 2018, we randomly assigned data from 2368 patients with chronic liver disease of different etiologies to a derivation population (n = 1579; 15.1% with VNT, 50.2% with viral hepatitis, 28.9% with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, 20.8% with alcohol-associated liver disease, with model for end-stage liver disease scores of 9.5 ± 3.0, and 93.0% with liver stiffness measurements ≥10 kPa) or a validation population (n = 789). Test results were compared with results from a sequential algorithm (VariScreen). VariScreen incorporated data on platelets or liver stiffness measurements and then the ratio of platelets to liver stiffness measurement, adjusted for etiology, patient sex, and international normalized ratio. In the derivation population, endoscopies were spared for 23.9% of patients using the B6C (VNT missed in 2.9%), 24.3% of patients using the ANTICIPATE score (VNT missed in 4.6%), 34.5% of patients using VariScreen (VNT missed in 2.9%), and 41.9% of patients using the EB6C (VNT missed in 10.9%). Differences in spared endoscopy rates were significant (P ≤.001), except for B6C vs ANTICIPATE and in missed VNT only for EB6C vs the others (P ≤.009). VariScreen was the only safe test regardless of sex or etiology (missed VNT ≤5%). Moreover, VariScreen secured screening without missed VNT in patients with model for end-stage liver disease scores higher than 10. This overall strategy performed better than a selective strategy restricted to patients with compensated liver disease. Test performance and safety did not differ significantly among populations. In a retrospective study of data from 2368 patients with chronic liver disease, we found that the B6C are safe whereas the EB6C are unsafe, based on missed VNT. The VariScreen algorithm performed well in patients with chronic liver disease of any etiology or severity. It is the only test that safely rules out VNT and can be used in clinical practice. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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15. T1008 Liver Stiffness Influences the Hepatic Vein Doppler Waveform in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients.
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Spirchez, Zeno, Lupsor, Monica, Stefanescu, Horia, Iancu, Sorana, Serban, Sandu, Badea, Radu, and Grigorescu, Mircea D.
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- 2008
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16. T1007 The Influence of Fatty Load On Liver Stiffness in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients.
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Lupsor, Monica, Badea, Radu, Stefanescu, Horia, Spirchez, Zeno, Branda, Horatiu F., Serban, Alexandru, Iancu, Sorana C., and Grigorescu, Mircea D.
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- 2008
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