2017
Validating, deconstructing and refining Baveno criteria for ruling out high‐risk varices in patients with compensated cirrhosis
Jangouk P, Turco L, De Oliveira A, Schepis F, Villa E, Garcia‐Tsao G. Validating, deconstructing and refining Baveno criteria for ruling out high‐risk varices in patients with compensated cirrhosis. Liver International 2017, 37: 1177-1183. PMID: 28160373, PMCID: PMC5511584, DOI: 10.1111/liv.13379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk varicesNegative predictive valueBaveno VI criteriaLiver stiffnessBaveno criteriaPredictive valueItalian cohortPlatelet countNon-invasive criteriaCohort of patientsNumber of endoscopiesUnnecessary endoscopiesCompensated cirrhosisPrimary prophylaxisRetrospective studyUS cohortVariceal screeningTransient elastographyVaricesHigh riskLow prevalenceCirrhosisPatientsEndoscopyClinical diagnosis
2016
AISF position paper on liver transplantation and pregnancy Women in Hepatology Group, Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF)
Alisi A, Balsano C, Bernabucci V, Berzigotti A, Brunetto M, Bugianesi E, Burra P, Calvaruso V, Cariani E, Coco B, Colle I, Critelli R, De Martin E, Del Buono M, Fabregat I, Faillaci F, Fattovich G, Floreani A, Garcia-Tsao G, Housset C, Karampatou A, Lei B, Mangia A, Martinez-Chantar M, Milosa F, Morisco F, Nasta P, Ozben T, Pollicino T, Ponti M, Pontisso P, Reeves H, Rendina M, Rodríguez-Castro K, Sagnelli C, Sebastiani G, Smedile A, Taliani G, Vandelli C, Vanni E, Villa E, Vukotic R, Zignego A, Burra P, Rodríguez-Castro K, Guarino M, Morisco F, Villa E, Mazzella G. AISF position paper on liver transplantation and pregnancy Women in Hepatology Group, Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF). Digestive And Liver Disease 2016, 48: 860-868. PMID: 27267817, DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2016.04.009.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsLiver transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsLiver transplantationReproductive ageFemale liver transplant recipientsHypertension/preeclampsiaFoetal growth restrictionFirst successful pregnancyLive birth rateManagement of pregnancyIssue of pregnancyGestational diabetesLiver transplantPreterm deliveryPregnancy outcomesTransplant hepatologistsPediatric patientsSuch patientsPregnancy womenSuccessful pregnancyIncreased incidenceItalian recommendationsSexual functionGrowth restrictionHigh-risk ones