During the last decade great advances have been made of water retention and dilutional
hyponatremia in human cirrhosis. Finally, the field of spontaneous infection of concerning …

Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a serious complication of end-stage liver disease, occurring
mainly in patients with advanced cirrhosis and ascites, who have marked circulatory …

Kupffer cells (KC) constitute 80–90% of the tissue macrophages present in the body. They
reside within the lumen of the liver sinusoids, and are therefore constantly exposed to gut …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Patients with cirrhosis hospitalized for an acute decompensation
(AD) and organ failure are at risk for imminent death and considered to have acute-on …

Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) in cirrhosis is characterized by acute decompensation
(AD), organ failure (s), and high short‐term mortality. Recently, we have proposed (systemic …

Background & Aims Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a frequent syndrome (30%
prevalence), characterized by acute decompensation of cirrhosis, organ failure (s) and high …

Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterized by acute decompensation (AD) of
cirrhosis, organ failure (s), and high 28‐day mortality. We investigated whether assessments …

Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common complication in patients with decompensated
cirrhosis. The traditional diagnostic criteria of renal failure in these patients were proposed in …

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PROGNOSIS OF SBP SBP is the most frequent bacterial infection in
cirrhosis, accounting for 10e30% of all reported bacterial infections in hospitalised patients …

Background In patients with cirrhosis and ascites, creation of a transjugular intrahepatic
portosystemic shunt may reduce the ascites and improve renal function. However, the …