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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2022

Predictive Factors for the Prognosis of Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis.

Anca Trifan, Horia Minea, Adrian Rotaru, Carol Stanciu, Remus Stafie, Ermina Stratina, Sebastian Zenovia, Robert Nastasa, Ana-Maria Singeap, Irina Girleanu and 6 more

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anca TrifanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9144-5520
Horia MineaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.
Adrian RotaruDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-6459-6996
Carol StanciuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.
Remus StafieDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1460-6559
Ermina StratinaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8526-988X
Sebastian ZenoviaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-0441-3980
Robert NastasaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8678-0663
Ana-Maria SingeapDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5621-548X
Irina GirleanuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5925-1232
Cristina MuzicaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-0891-5961
Laura HuibanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.
Tudor CuciureanuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1550-8870
Stefan ChiriacDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2497-9236
Catalin SfartiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7074-5938
Camelia CojocariuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 70015 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6395-335X
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC) is a disease with multiple complications and is associated with poor prognosis and significant mortality. Identifying risk factors associated with a poor outcome is important to ensure effective treatment and increase life expectancy. We aimed to evaluate the predictive values of complications regarding mortality in ALC. We retrospectively analyzed 1429 patients with ALC hospitalized between January 2019 and April 2022 at the Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Iasi. The electronic medical records were interrogated to obtain information about demographic data, complications, comorbidities, and prognostic scores: MELD-Na (model for end-stage liver disease-sodium) and CTP (Child−Turcotte−Pugh). Based on uni- and multivariate analysis, independent predictors of mortality were identified. The mean age at diagnosis was 56.15 ± 11.49 years with a ratio of 2:1 in favor of males. There were 296 deaths (20.8%), most of them during the first hospitalization (208/14.6%). It was observed during the univariate analysis that complications of the disease negatively affected the survival rate, significant values being related to infections (sepsis; OR = 21.98; p < 0.001; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) (OR = 11.94; p < 0.001) and hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) (OR = 9.35; p < 0.001). The independent predictors, confirmed by multivariate analysis, were the association of variceal bleeding, infections, and hepatic encephalopathy or ascites, each combination being responsible for two out of 10 of the deaths during the first admission. The prognosis of the disease was negatively influenced by the worsening of liver dysfunction and the appearance of complications. The main predictors of mortality were infections, hepatic encephalopathy, variceal bleeding, and hepatorenal syndrome. Improving compliance and strict application of specific follow-up and treatment strategies could contribute to a better prognosis of patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis.

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End Stage Liver DiseaseEsophageal and Gastric VaricesHepatic EncephalopathyHepatorenal SyndromeAdultAgedGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansLiver CirrhosisLiver Cirrhosis, AlcoholicMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness Indexalcoholic liver cirrhosishepatorenal syndromeinfectionsmortalityvariceal bleeding

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