1
artículo
Publicado 2018
Enlace
Enlace
El Carcinoma Hepatocelular es la segunda causa de muerte relacionada con cáncer en el mundo. Sorafenib, un inhibidor de tirosina quinasa, permanece en el estandar de la prescripción a pacientes con carcinoma hepatocelular avanzado o inoperable. Usando información de la red de investigación en hígado en Sud América (1336 casos de carcinoma hepatocelular) se creó un sistema de pronóstico costo-efectividad para ayudar a identificar a los pacientes con probabilidad del beneficio de sobrevivencia con el tratamiento con sorafenib.
2
artículo
Publicado 2021
Enlace
Enlace
Abstracts of the 2021 Annual meeting of the ALEH (Asociación Latinoamericana para el Estudio del Hígado)
3
artículo
Publicado 2020
Enlace
Enlace
Introduction and aims Several non-invasive scoring systems have been developed and validated worldwide to predict the risk of liver fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, information about the performance of these systems in Latin American populations is scarce. Our aim was to evaluate the performance of the Hepamet Fibrosis Score, Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) and the NAFLD Fibrosis Score (NFS) in a mixed Latin American group of NAFLD patients. Methods Clinical, laboratory and liver biopsy data collected from 379 biopsy-proven NAFLD patients from Latin American tertiary health centers were reviewed. Histological fibrosis stages were classified using the Kleiner score. Accuracy was determined, and new fibrosis score thresholds were calculated to better compare the performances of non-invasive tests and to explore their usefulness in excluding fibrosis. Results The distributi...
4
artículo
Publicado 2023
Enlace
Enlace
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Genetic ancestry or racial differences in health outcomes exist in diseases associated with systemic inflammation (e.g., Covid-19). This study aimed to investigate the association of genetic ancestry and race with acute-onchronic liver failure (ACLF), which is characterized by acute systemic inflammation, multi-organ failure and high risk of short-term death. METHODS: This prospective cohort study analyzed a comprehensive set of data including genetic ancestry and race, among several others, in 1274 patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis (ADC) who were nonelectively admitted to 44 hospitals from 7 Latin American countries. RESULTS: 395 (31.0%) had ACLF of any grade at enrollment. Patients with ACLF had higher median percentage of Native American genetic ancestry and lower median percentage of European ancestry than patients without ACLF (22.6% vs 12.9% and 53.4%...