Search Results - "Farias, Alberto Q."
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Epidemiology of HCC in Brazil: Incidence and risk factors in a ten-year cohort
Published in Annals of hepatology (01-07-2014)“…AbstractBackground and aim. The lack of information about hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Brazil weakens health policy in preventing deaths from the illness…”
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Early predictors of acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis and bacterial infection: urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and cardiac output as reliable tools
Published in Kidney research and clinical practice (01-09-2015)“…Abstract Background Hemodynamic abnormalities and acute kidney injury (AKI) are often present in infected cirrhotic patients. Hence, an early diagnosis of AKI…”
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m-RECIST at 1 month and Child A are survival predictors after percutaneous ethanol injection of hepatocellular carcinoma
Published in Annals of hepatology (01-11-2014)“…AbstractBackground and aims. Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) is a well-established therapeutic option in patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular…”
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Interaction of Microbiome, Diet, and Hospitalizations Between Brazilian and American Patients With Cirrhosis
Published in Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology (01-04-2022)“…Gut microbiota are affected by diet, country, and affect outcomes in cirrhosis. Western diets are associated with dysbiosis. Comparisons with other diets is…”
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Early‐onset and late‐onset heart failure after liver transplantation
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β-Blocker therapy for cirrhotic cardiomyopathy: a randomized-controlled trial
Published in European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology (01-08-2018)“…BACKGROUNDCirrhotic cardiomyopathy is characterized by an attenuated contractile response to stress. Long-term exposure of β-adrenergic receptors to…”
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Preservation of thrombin generation in cirrhosis despite abnormal results of international normalized ratio: implications for invasive procedures
Published in Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis (01-01-2021)“…Thrombin generation is normal or elevated in patients with cirrhosis when tested in the presence of thrombomodulin, the activator of the main natural…”
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Serum B‐type natriuretic peptide in the initial workup of patients with new onset ascites: A diagnostic accuracy study
Published in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (01-03-2014)“…Heart failure (HF) is, after cirrhosis, the second‐most common cause of ascites. Serum B‐type natriuretic peptide (BNP) plays an important role in the…”
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Selectins and Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) in Schistosomiasis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
Published in Lung (01-12-2014)“…Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression profiles of the relevant selectins and PDGF in schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary hypertension…”
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Nodules Less Than 20 mm and Vascular Invasion are Predictors of Survival in Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Published in Journal of clinical gastroenterology (01-02-2009)“…BACKGROUNDThe aims of this study were to analyze the overall survival of patients with cirrhosis and small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and identify…”
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Sa1762 Evaluation of the Small Intestine by Video Capsule Endoscopy in Patients Candidates for Liver Transplantation
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Genetic heterogeneity in susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis types 1 and 2
Published in The American journal of gastroenterology (01-07-1999)“…Susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) type 1 has been associated with DRB1*03, DRB1*04, and DRB3 alleles in European and North-American whites, with…”
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Bone disease in primary biliary cirrhosis: Lack of association with distal renal tubular acidosis
Published in Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (01-01-2005)“…Background and Aims: Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) might be complicated by osteoporosis, whose etiology remains unknown but seems to be multifactorial…”
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A systems medicine approach for the identification of potential prognostic biomarkers in patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-06-2023)Get full text
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SAT-337 - Robust identification of patient subgroups in acute decompensated cirrhosis
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Robust identification of patient subgroups in acute decompensated cirrhosis
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