The prognostic value of C-reactive protein and albumin in patients undergoing resection of colorectal liver metastases. A retrospective cohort study.

Background: The systemic inflammation-based Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS) and modified GPS (mGPS), as measured by preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin, correlate with poor survival in several cancers. This study evaluates the prognostic value of these scores in patients with colorectal liver metastases (CRLM).

Methods: This retrospective study assessed the prognostic role of preoperatively measured GPS and mGPS in patients undergoing liver resection because of CRLM.

Repeat procedures for recurrent colorectal liver metastases: analysis of long-term liver regeneration and outcome.

Repeat hepatectomy is increasingly performed for the management of recurrent colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term functional liver volume (FLV) after a second hepatic procedure and to measure survival outcome. In this retrospective cohort study, patients treated for recurrent CRLM in the years 2005-2015 at two liver centers were included.

Lung function in the aging Swedish cystic fibrosis population.

Swedish Cystic Fibrosis (CF) care follows international guidelines in general. The only difference in our CF care package since 25 years is the physiotherapy regimen. Airway clearance therapy has since the early 1980s, from the day of diagnosis, been based upon daily physical exercise in conjunction with techniques for transporting and evacuating mucus.