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Filter by:80% of patients with alcohol use disorders (AUD) present cognitive impairments, such as memory and executive functions. These disorders may have repercussions in addiction treatment by altering the patient's adherence to care. The level of impairment is dependent on the onset of addiction, and also the duration of abstinence. A complete neuropsychological evaluation is necessary to highlight cognitive impairments. In practice, the evaluation of these disorders by practitioners, is done with the help of tools of screening like the MoCa (Montreal cognitive assesment) and the BEARNI (Brief evaluation of alcohol related neuropsychological impairment). However, none of these tools have been evaluated in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Indeed, some studies have suggested that liver disorders including cirrhosis may be a factor aggravating cognitive disorders. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the ability of the BEARNI tool to detect alcohol-related cognitive problems in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis.
This is a prospective, non-randomized, clinical trial of discarded liver transplants that have received normothermic machine perfusion (NMP), compared with standard cold preservation liver transplants. The discarded livers rejected by all other centers and meeting pre-NMP eligibility criteria will receive NMP using the OrganOx® metra device. The NMP-treated liver that meets the viability criteria will be transplanted to patients who are eligible and consented to the study. Liver transplant outcomes will be ascertained during 12 months post-transplantation. The results of the trial will be compared with those of contemporary comparison groups of patients who received the standard criteria donor liver transplantation.
The purpose of the pediatric liver transplant biobank is to systematically collect clinical specimens from pediatric end-stage liver disease. It is expected to contribute to the research and development of paediatric end-stage liver disease in the future.
The purpose of the study is to determine if providing participants with alcohol-related liver disease with tailored alcohol use treatment options is feasible and acceptable in order to increase their engagement with treatment and reduce alcohol use. This is an important area to study to help create ways to increase participants' knowledge about different treatment options as well as increase likelihood of seeking and participating in alcohol use disorder treatments.
A lot of publications about liver disease are available worldwide. Egypt is one of the countries having a large number of publications in hepatology. There are defects in reviewing this evidence and making use of it. Addressing the areas of weakness in liver research in Egypt is challenging to researchers and clinicians. Creating a library for liver disease evidence in Egypt can solve this problem and lead future research in hepatology in Egypt.
Patients with end stage liver disease have varying degrees of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) due to the presence of ascites. The perioperative events may either relieve or aggravate the intra-abdominal pressures. Intra-abdominal hypertension has damaging effect on various organ systems. There is an increase in intracranial pressures and a decrease in cerebral perfusion pressures associated with IAH . In the heart, there is an increase of right atrial pressures, increase in systemic vascular resistance and decrease in cardiac output . Pulmonary complications include increase in the peak, mean and plateau airway pressures, with decreased compliance . Renal dysfunction is an early effect of raised intra-abdominal pressure, resulting from decreased renal blood flow, shunting of blood to the medulla, mechanical compression of the kidneys and increased pressures in the renal veins . We would study the intra-abdominal pressures in liver transplant recipients and record hemodynamic, respiratory, cardiac and renal function prospectively. Follow up data for 6 days for neurological, respiratory, cardiac and renal complications will be collected, along with hospital stay, ICU stay and mortality. The association between intra-abdominal pressures and these outcomes will be analysed.
Patients with end stage liver disease undergoing liver transplantation have varying degrees of intraoperative haemodynamic unstability during various phases of transplantation. It is difficult to determine the cause for hemodynamic instability in these patients and to predict the best treatments. Currently, cardiovascular resuscitation options are triggered by arterial pressure and cardiac output (CO) measures, focusing on the oxygen delivery side of the circulation. The primary determinants of cardiac output reside on the venous side. Veins are 30-50 times more compliant than arteries and contain approximately 75% of the total blood volume. Mean systemic filling pressure provides vital information on this venous side of the circulation. Mean systemic filling pressure , which is defined as the pressure equal to the pressure which would be measured if the heart should suddenly stop pumping and all (arterial and venous) the pressures in the entire circulatory system should be brought to equilibrium instantaneously, is a good, complete and reliable reflection of the total intravascular fluid compartment. We would study the Mean systemic filling pressure in liver transplant recipients and record hemodynamic, respiratory, cardiac and renal function prospectively. Follow up data for 7 days for respiratory, cardiac and renal complications will be collected, along with hospital stay, ICU stay and mortality. The association between Mean systemic filling pressure and these outcomes will be analyzed.
The NAFLD Database 3 will enroll approximately 1500 adult patients and 750 pediatric patients suspected or known to have NAFLD or NASH-related cirrhosis. To elucidate, through the cooperative effort of a multidisciplinary and multicenter group of collaborators, the etiology, natural history, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of NAFLD, and in particular its more severe form of NASH and its complications.
In Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy era, fatty liver has become an important cause of liver function damage in people living with HIV (PLWH). There are a large number of PLWH in China who are infected with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, drugs, alcohol, etc. affect each other, which makes the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of liver function damage in PLWH complicated in China. The investigators plan to conduct a large-scale questionnaire survey among PLWH in Zhejiang Province to assess liver function, detect liver Injuries early, and analyze HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, anti-HIV drugs, alcohol and other factors associate with liver injuries in PLWH, to provide basis for the treatment and prevention of liver disease in PLWH in eastern China.
This study will test whether avatrombopag is an effective treatment for thrombocytopenia in people who have both cancer and a liver disease (such as cirrhosis, cholangitis, or hepatitis). Researchers will look at whether giving participants avatrombopag for 3 weeks can raise their platelet levels enough for them to begin chemotherapy. The study will also test whether avatrombopag can continue to be effective against thrombocytopenia while participants are on chemotherapy for 12 weeks or longer. In addition, researchers will determine how safe the study drug is in participants.