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ArticleHepatic medicine : evidence and research2018

Copeptin as a novel marker predicting prognosis of liver cirrhosis and its major complications.

Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, Amal Helmy, Mohamed Yousef, Sabry Abou-Saif, Abdelrahman Kobtan, Eman Asaad, Sherief Abd-Elsalam

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Article in Hepatic medicine : evidence and research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed Khaled TawfikDepartment of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, Sherif_tropical@yahoo.com.
Amal HelmyDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Mohamed YousefDepartment of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, Sherif_tropical@yahoo.com.
Sabry Abou-SaifDepartment of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, Sherif_tropical@yahoo.com.
Abdelrahman KobtanDepartment of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, Sherif_tropical@yahoo.com.
Eman AsaadDepartment of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, Sherif_tropical@yahoo.com.
Sherief Abd-ElsalamDepartment of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, Sherif_tropical@yahoo.com.
Tanta University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of the work was to assess the level of copeptin as a surrogate marker predicting the severity of liver diseases and its major complications. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis was a cross-sectional study that included 40 patients and 10 controls and was performed in Tanta University Hospital between June 2016 and November 2016. The studied cases were divided into five groups: group I (10 patients): compensated cirrhosis; group II (10 patients): cirrhosis with gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to portal hypertension; group III (10 patients): cirrhosis with hepatorenal syndrome; group IV (10 patients): cirrhosis with liver cell failure; and group V (10 controls): normal healthy individuals.

resultsRegarding serum copeptin in the studied groups, copeptin showed a significant decrease in group I vs group II' group I vs group III, and group I vs group IV; and there was a significant increase in group II vs group III' group II vs group IV' group II vs control' group III vs control, and group IV vs control. No significance was detected between group I vs control and group III vs group IV.

conclusionsCopeptin is a novel marker for the determination of prognosis of liver cirrhosis. There is significant association between serum level of copeptin and complications of liver cirrhosis.

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cirrhosishepatorenal syndromeliver failureprognosisvarices

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