Publications by authors named "Szymon Morawiec"
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- - The study explored the potential of plasma CD163 levels to enhance prognosis in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) by comparing it to existing predictive systems.
- - Results indicated no significant correlation between plasma CD163 levels and key scoring tools for predicting survival or the need for liver transplants; however, other scoring systems like SOFA and CLIF-C were more effective in forecasting mortality.
- - The findings concluded that plasma CD163 has limited utility in predicting liver transplant outcomes, with the CLIF-C scale demonstrating a stronger predictive capability for patient prognosis in ACLF cases.
Article Synopsis
- Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is linked to high short-term mortality and multi-organ failure, making early mortality prediction critical for patient management.
- In a study involving 55 cirrhotic patients with severe liver insufficiency, various prognostic scores were assessed, revealing that SOFA score is particularly effective in predicting 90-day mortality, outperforming other models like CLIF-C.
- The results showed that while 30% of the participants died, those with higher SOFA scores had significantly lower transplantation rates, indicating its role in guiding treatment decisions for ACLF patients.
BACKGROUND Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the standard of care for end-stage liver disease. The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was originally created to assess the survival rate of patients with chronic diseases, although it was modified and adopted in OLT recipients as CCI-OLT. MATERIAL AND METHODS In total of 248 consecutive liver transplant recipients with viral cirrhosis in 98 (39.
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