2023
Update in the Treatment of the Complications of Cirrhosis
Abraldes J, Caraceni P, Ghabril M, Garcia-Tsao G. Update in the Treatment of the Complications of Cirrhosis. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2023, 21: 2100-2109. PMID: 36972759, PMCID: PMC11097249, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.03.019.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntVariceal hemorrhageHepatic encephalopathyPre-emptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntsAcute variceal hemorrhageCombination of terlipressinAcute kidney injuryComplications of cirrhosisSecond-line treatmentSignificant portal hypertensionFirst-line treatmentLeast common causePrognosis of patientsOrnithine L-aspartatePresence of varicesIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntStandard of careQuality of lifeCyanoacrylate injectionHepatorenal syndromeUncomplicated ascitesKidney injuryPortal hypertensionRefractory ascitesAlbumin use
2018
Ascites
Garcia‐Tsao G. Ascites. 2018, 127-150. DOI: 10.1002/9781119237662.ch9.Peer-Reviewed Educational MaterialsLarge-volume paracentesesHepatorenal syndromeRefractory ascitesCirrhotic ascitesCommon decompensating eventMassive hepatic metastasesPlasma renin activitySecond-line treatmentFormation of ascitesDevelopment of ascitesCost-effective treatmentSinusoidal hypertensionCardiac indexRenin activityVasodilatory stateHepatic metastasesMalignant ascitesAscites formationCommon precipitantsAscitesHigh mortalityBacterial infectionsHyponatremiaMain predictorsPatients
2011
Ascites
Garcia‐Tsao G. Ascites. 2011, 210-233. DOI: 10.1002/9781444341294.ch10.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsHepatorenal syndromeBacterial infectionsBaseline renal dysfunctionPeripheral arterial vasodilatationAcute kidney injurySecond-line treatmentMainstay of treatmentSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisSympathetic nervous systemEffective blood volumeSpontaneous bacterial infectionsCommon bacterial infectionsSigns of infectionLong-term safetyDiagnostic paracentesisIntravenous albuminPrerenal typeSinusoidal hypertensionAldosterone systemArterial vasodilatationKidney injuryLiver transplantationRefractory ascitesRenal dysfunctionSodium restriction