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ArticleLiver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society2019

Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Outcomes in Cirrhosis.

Florence Wong, K Rajender Reddy, Jacqueline G O'Leary, Puneeta Tandon, Scott W Biggins, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Benedict J Maliakkal, Jennifer C Lai, Michael B Fallon, Hugo E Vargas and 5 more

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Article in Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 15 institutions in 2 countries.

Florence WongToronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9263-8869
K Rajender ReddyUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.ORCID 0000-0002-4898-7778
Jacqueline G O'LearyVA Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Puneeta TandonUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Scott W BigginsUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Guadalupe Garcia-TsaoYale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Benedict J MaliakkalUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Jennifer C LaiUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA.ORCID 0000-0003-2092-6380
Michael B FallonUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Hugo E VargasMayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ.
Ram SubramanianEmory University, Atlanta, GA.
Paul J ThuluvathMercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Patrick S KamathMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Leroy ThackerDepartment of Statistics, Commonwealth University of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
Jasmohan S BajajCommonwealth University of Virginia and McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA.ORCID 0000-0003-4928-3681
Dallas VA Medical Center · USEmory University · USHunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center · USMayo Clinic Hospital · USMayo Clinic in Arizona · USMercy Medical Center · USUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Arizona · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville · USUniversity of Toronto · CAUniversity of Washington · USVirginia Commonwealth University · USYale University · US

Funding

Yale Liver CenterP30DK034989 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI YASUKO IWAKIRI · 1986 to 2026
$31.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034989
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We hypothesize that the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among patients with cirrhosis has increased due to the increased prevalence of CKD-associated comorbidities, such as diabetes. We aimed to assess the characteristics of hospitalized patients with cirrhosis with CKD and its impact on renal and patient outcomes. The North American Consortium for the Study of End-Stage Liver Disease (NACSELD) prospectively enrolled nonelectively admitted patients with cirrhosis and collected data on demographics, laboratory results, in-hospital clinical course, and postdischarge 3-month outcomes. CKD positive (CKD+) patients, defined as having an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR; Modification of Diet in Renal Disease-4 variable formula) of ≤60 mL/minute for >3 months, were compared with chronic kidney disease negative (CKD-) patients for development of organ failures, hospital course, and survival. There were 1099 CKD+ patients (46.8% of 2346 enrolled patients) who had significantly higher serum creatinine (2.21 ± 1.33 versus 0.83 ± 0.21 mg/dL in the CKD- group) on admission, higher prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis etiology, diabetes, refractory ascites, and hospital admissions in the previous 6 months compared with the CKD- group (all P < 0.001). Propensity matching (n = 922 in each group) by Child-Pugh scores (9.78 ± 2.05 versus 9.74 ± 2.04, P = 0.70) showed that CKD+ patients had significantly higher rates of superimposed acute kidney injury (AKI; 68% versus 21%; P < 0.001) and eventual need for dialysis (11% versus 2%; P < 0.001) than CKD- patients. CKD+ patients also had more cases of acute-on-chronic liver failure as defined by the NACSELD group, which was associated with reduced 30- and 90-day overall survival (P < 0.001 for both). A 10 mL/minute drop in eGFR was associated with a 13.1% increase in the risk of 30-day mortality. In conclusion, patients with CKD should be treated as a high-risk group among hospitalized patients with cirrhosis due to their poor survival, and they should be monitored carefully for the development of superimposed AKI.

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Acute Kidney InjuryAcute-On-Chronic Liver FailureAdultAgedComorbidityEnd Stage Liver DiseaseFemaleHospital MortalityHumansLiver CirrhosisLiver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedPatient AdmissionPatient SelectionPrevalence

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PMID30908855
PMCPMC11075743
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