Management of bacterial and fungal infections in cirrhosis: The MDRO challenge

J Fernández, S Piano, M Bartoletti, EQ Wey - Journal of hepatology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Bacterial infections are frequent in cirrhotic patients with acute decompensation or acute-on-
chronic liver failure and can complicate the clinical course. Delayed diagnosis and …

Prognostic accuracy of the quick sequential organ failure assessment for mortality in patients with suspected infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SM Fernando, A Tran, M Taljaard, W Cheng… - Annals of internal …, 2018‏ - acpjournals.org
Background: The quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) has been proposed
for prediction of mortality in patients with suspected infection. Purpose: To summarize and …

Diagnosis, evaluation, and management of ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and hepatorenal syndrome: 2021 practice guidance by the American Association …

SW Biggins, P Angeli, G Garcia‐Tsao, P Ginès… - Hepatology, 2021‏ - journals.lww.com
This AASLD Guidance provides a data-supported approach to the management of ascites
and HRS. It differs from the AASLD Guidelines, which are supported by systematic reviews …

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis

P Angeli, M Bernardi, C Villanueva, C Francoz… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The natural history of cirrhosis is characterised by an asymptomatic compensated phase
followed by a decompensated phase, marked by the development of overt clinical signs, the …

Epidemiology and effects of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis worldwide

S Piano, V Singh, P Caraceni, R Maiwall… - Gastroenterology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Background & Aims Bacterial infections are common and life-threatening in patients with
cirrhosis. Little is known about the epidemiology of bacterial infections in different regions …

ACG clinical guideline: alcoholic liver disease

AK Singal, R Bataller, J Ahn, PS Kamath… - Official journal of the …, 2018‏ - journals.lww.com
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) comprises a clinical-histologic spectrum including fatty liver,
alcoholic hepatitis (AH), and cirrhosis with its complications. Most patients are diagnosed at …

Infections complicating cirrhosis

S Piano, A Brocca, S Mareso, P Angeli - Liver International, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Patients with cirrhosis have a high risk of bacterial infections. Bacterial infections induce
systemic inflammation that may lead to organ failure and acute‐on‐chronic liver failure …

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with cirrhosis: incidence, outcomes, and treatment strategies

S Marciano, JM Diaz, M Dirchwolf… - … medicine: evidence and …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is the most frequent bacterial infection in patients with
cirrhosis. The reported incidence varies between 7% and 30% in hospitalized patients with …

Overview of complications in cirrhosis

M Premkumar, AC Anand - Journal of Clinical and Experimental …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Background Cirrhosis is the outcome of chronic liver disease of any etiology due to
progressive liver injury and fibrosis. Consequently, cirrhosis leads to portal hypertension …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria for predicting mortality …

S Maitra, A Som, S Bhattacharjee - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Objective To identify sensitivity, specificity and predictive accuracy of quick sequential organ
failure assessment (qSOFA) score and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) …