Description The purpose of this American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute
Clinical Practice Update is to review the available published evidence and expert advice …

Hospitalised patients with decompensated cirrhosis are in a rebalanced haemostatic state
due to a parallel decline in both pro-and anti-haemostatic pathways. However, this …

Kidney disease is an important public health problem. Both acute kidney injury (AKI) and
chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been well defined and classified leading to improved …

Background Acute kidney disease (AKD) defines the period after kidney damage and it is a
critical period of both repair and fibrotic pathways. However, the outcomes of patients with …

Background & Aims Acute kidney disease (AKD) is the persistence of acute kidney injury
(AKI) for up to 3 months, which is proposed to be the time-window where critical …

Human serum albumin (HSA) is a non-glycosylated, negatively charged, single-chain
polypeptide composed of 585 amino acid residues with a relative molecular mass of 66.438 …

Patients with cirrhosis are prone to develop acute kidney injury (AKI), a complication
associated with a markedly increased in-hospital morbidity and mortality, along with a risk of …

Liver diseases are currently diagnosed through liver biopsy. Its invasiveness, costs, and
relatively low diagnostic accuracy require new techniques to be sought. Analysis of volatile …

Background and aims Transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt (TIPS) ameliorates
renal function in type-2 hepatorenal syndrome (HRS). Available evidence is based on …

Hematological abnormalities are common in cirrhosis and are associated with various
pathophysiological mechanisms. Studies have documented a prevalence of …