2014
Survival in infection‐related acute‐on‐chronic liver failure is defined by extrahepatic organ failures
Bajaj JS, O'Leary JG, Reddy KR, Wong F, Biggins SW, Patton H, Fallon MB, Garcia‐Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Malik R, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Kamath PS, Disease T. Survival in infection‐related acute‐on‐chronic liver failure is defined by extrahepatic organ failures. Hepatology 2014, 60: 250-256. PMID: 24677131, PMCID: PMC4077926, DOI: 10.1002/hep.27077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean arterial pressureLower mean arterial pressureExtrahepatic organ failureChronic liver failureSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisUrinary tract infectionOrgan failureCirrhosis patientsHepatic encephalopathyIndependent predictorsLiver failureSecond infectionEndstage Liver Disease (MELD) scoreHigher white blood countBaseline independent predictorsDevelopment of ACLFNon-SBP infectionsLiver Disease scoreMore organ failuresWhite blood countNorth American ConsortiumDeterminants of survivalRenal replacementTract infectionsArterial pressure
2012
High Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Patients With Cirrhosis at a US Liver Center
Tandon P, DeLisle A, Topal JE, Garcia–Tsao G. High Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Patients With Cirrhosis at a US Liver Center. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2012, 10: 1291-1298. PMID: 22902776, PMCID: PMC3891826, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic antibioticsBacterial infectionsAntibiotic-resistant bacterial infectionsOdds ratioTertiary care transplant centerCulture-positive infectionsSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisUrinary tract infectionMultivariate logistic regressionPercent of infectionsFirst bacterial infectionInfectious episodesLiver centersLiver unitTract infectionsBacterial peritonitisTransplant centersRisk factorsHigh prevalenceNosocomial infectionsPatientsUS hospitalsCirrhosisAbstractTextInfection