Postoperative body weight change and its influencing factors in patients with gastric cancer.

Background: The high incidence and mortality of gastric cancer (GC) pose a significant threat to human life and health, and it has become an important public health challenge in China. Body weight loss is a common complication after surgical treatment in patients with GC and is associated with poor prognosis and GC recurrence. However, current attention to postoperative weight change in GC patients remains insufficient, and the descriptions of postoperative weight change and its influencing factors are also different.

High Mean Platelet Volume Is Associated with Worse Outcomes in Patients with HBV-Related Decompensated Cirrhosis.

Background: Mean platelet volume (MPV) is an inexpensive, routinely measured clinical parameter, and its elevation shows an increase in the size and activity of platelets. It has been shown that MPV can be used as a prognostic biomarker in certain chronic diseases. In the present study, MPV in patients with hepatitis B virus-related decompensated cirrhosis (HBV-DeCi) was investigated to evaluate whether MPV may have utility as a new predictive marker for mortality in HBV-DeCi patients.

Serum Homocysteine as a Prognostic Biomarker for Short-Term Mortality in HBV-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Patients.

Background: The liver plays a central role in the synthesis and metabolism of homocysteine (Hcy). The present study aimed to determine the prognostic role of serum Hcy levels in patients with HBV-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (AoCLF).

Methods: Fifty-two AoCLF and 52 chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients were recruited.