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The CIRrhotic Ascites Severity (CIRAS) model predicts hepatic hydrothorax at all stages of ascites.
Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol
October 2024
Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Background: Hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is a rare but severe manifestation of cirrhotic ascites. Whether HH development relates to ascites severity is uncertain and simple clinical models to predict HH from all stages of ascites are missing. The recently published CIRrhotic Ascites Severity (CIRAS) model using only ascites-related variables may serve this purpose.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFManagement of refractory hepatic hydrothorax: a report of two cases and review of the literature.
Rev Gastroenterol Peru
July 2024
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Peru; Clínica Internacional, Lima, Peru; Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru.
Hepatic hydrothorax is a transudative pleural effusion in patients with cirrhosis. A 56-year-old cirrhotic patient presented with dyspnea and desaturation; his chest images showed a right pleural effusion. Another 66-year-old woman with cirrhosis, developed during her hospitalization acute respiratory failure, and her chest X- ray showed left pleural effusion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPulmonary Assessment of the Liver Transplant Recipient.
J Clin Exp Hepatol
April 2023
King's College Hospital London, Dubai Hills, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Respiratory symptoms and hypoxemia can complicate chronic liver disease and portal hypertension. Various pulmonary disorders affecting the pleura, lung parenchyma, and pulmonary vasculature are seen in end-stage liver disease, complicating liver transplantation (LT). Approximately 8% of cirrhotic patients in an intensive care unit develop severe pulmonary problems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk factors for hepatic hydrothorax in patients with cirrhosis: a clinical retrospective study.
Front Med (Lausanne)
June 2023
Department of Liver Diseases, Shandong Public Health Clinical Center, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Aims And Background: Hepatic hydrothorax, which presents as an unexplained pleural effusion, is one of the important complications in patients with end-stage cirrhosis. It has a significant correlation with prognosis and mortality. The aim of this clinical study was to detect the risk factors for hepatic hydrothorax in patients with cirrhosis and to better understand potentially life-threatening complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAscites and Chronic Liver Disease in Children.
Indian J Pediatr
March 2024
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226014, India.
Development of ascites in children with chronic liver disease is the most common form of decompensation. It is associated with a poor prognosis and increased risk of mortality. A diagnostic paracentesis should be performed in liver disease patients with- new-onset ascites, at the beginning of each hospital admission and when ascitic fluid infection (AFI) is suspected.
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