scholarly journals High risk of delisting or death in liver transplant candidates following infections: Results from the North American consortium for the study of end-stage liver disease

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 881-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Rajender Reddy ◽  
Jacqueline G. O'Leary ◽  
Patrick S. Kamath ◽  
Michael B. Fallon ◽  
Scott W. Biggins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Liver Transplant ◽  
North American ◽  
End Stage Liver Disease ◽  
The North ◽  
Transplant Candidates ◽  
End Stage

scholarly journals Second infections independently increase mortality in hospitalized patients With cirrhosis: the north american consortium for the study of end-stage liver disease (NACSELD) experience

Hepatology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 2328-2335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmohan S. Bajaj ◽  
Jacqueline G. O'Leary ◽  
K. Rajender Reddy ◽  
Florence Wong ◽  
Jody C. Olson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
North American ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
End Stage Liver Disease ◽  
The North ◽  
End Stage

scholarly journals Role of echocardiography in screening for portopulmonary hypertension in liver transplant candidates: a meta-analysis

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9243
Author(s):  
Xin Yin ◽  
Yueming Shao ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Hui Gao ◽  
Tingting Qin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
Liver Transplant ◽  
Likelihood Ratio ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Positive Likelihood Ratio ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Portopulmonary Hypertension ◽  
End Stage Liver Disease ◽  
Transplant Candidates ◽  
End Stage

Objectives To demonstrate the screening value of echocardiography for portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) in liver transplant candidates. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Background POPH is a complication of end-stage liver disease that adversely affects the outcome of orthotopic liver transplant. There are no specific symptoms in the early stage of POPH. POPH reduce the survival rate of patients with end-stage liver disease specially if they are not diagnosed. Therefore, early detection may improve prognosis. The objective of this study is to explore the screening value of echocardiography on liver transplant candidates for screening of POPH compared to right heart catheterization (RHC). Method PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library were searched by two independent reviewers for potentially eligible studies published up to 30 June 2019 to retrieve data based on per-patient analysis. STATA, Meta-DiSc, and RevMan were applied to perform this meta-analysis. Results Our search yielded 1576 studies, of which 11 satisfied the inclusion criteria. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR) and area under the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve (AUC) of echocardiography for POPH were 0.85 (95% CI [0.65–0.94]), 0.83 (95% CI [0.73–0.90]), 4.99 (95% CI [3.03–8.21]), 0.19 (95% CI [0.07–0.46]), and 0.91 (95% CI [0.88–0.93]), respectively. Deeks’ funnel plot did not indicate the existence of publication bias (P = 0.66). Conclusions Echocardiography, a noninvasive modality, provides superior screening for POPH, but the diagnosis of POPH still requires RHC. PROSPERO registration number CRD42019144589.

scholarly journals Accuracy of the Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease Score in Estimating Pretransplant Mortality Among Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates

2018 ◽  
Vol 172 (11) ◽  
pp. 1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-Chou H. Chang ◽  
Cindy L. Bryce ◽  
Benjamin L. Shneider ◽  
Jonathan G. Yabes ◽  
Yi Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
Liver Transplant ◽  
Disease Score ◽  
End Stage Liver Disease ◽  
Pediatric Liver ◽  
Transplant Candidates ◽  
End Stage ◽  
Pediatric Liver Transplant
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