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Background: Secondary sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients (SSC-CIP) is an emerging disease with grim prognosis.
Objective: Our aim was the analysis of prognostic factors, long-term outcome and risk of tumour development in SSC-CIP compared with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) patients.
Methods: Retrospective analysis between 2008 and 2018.
Results: One hundred and eleven patients with SSC-CIP and 408 PSC patients were identified. Median orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT)-free survival was 16 months for SSC-CIP and 147 months for PSC ( < 0.001). OLT was performed in 18/111 SSC-CIP compared with 166/408 PSC patients ( < 0.001). Malignant tumours were detected in 17.9% of PSC patients (73/408) compared with 2.7% (3/111) in SSC-CIP ( < 0.001). In multivariate Cox regression analysis low levels of C-reactive protein (hazard ratio 4.687 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.144-19.199, = 0.032) were significantly associated with a prolonged survival whereas higher age (hazard ratio 0.488 (95% CI 0.23-1.038), = 0.062) showed a trend for shorter survival in SSC-CIP. For PSC malignancies (hazard ratio 0.42 (95% CI 0.313-0.575), < 0.001) and higher age (hazard ratio 0.709 (95% CI 0.544-0.922), = 0.01) were associated with a shorter OLT-free survival.
Conclusion: SSC-CIP is characterized by acute onset of liver disease and poor prognosis but with lower tumour incidence compared with PSC.
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Liver Int
October 2025
Hannover Medical School, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover, Germany.
Background And Aims: We aimed to ascertain the prevalence of sarcopenia in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and to assess the prognostic value as a biomarker for disease outcome.
Methods: We collected data from 224 patients (148 male, 76 female; mean age 41 years) from January 2002 to December 2021, with a confirmed diagnosis of PSC who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Muscle mass was quantified at the level of the third lumbar vertebra by measurement of psoas muscle thickness (PMT) and total psoas muscle area (PMA).
Medicine (Baltimore)
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College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Observational studies suggest associations between elevated body mass index (BMI) and autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs), yet causal evidence remains limited. This Mendelian randomization (MR) study aimed to elucidate the causal role of BMI in AILDs and identify mediating pathways involving 91 circulating cytokines. Utilizing public genome-wide association study data, univariate and multivariate MR analyses were conducted to assess causal relationships between BMI and 3 AILDs.
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Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Wujin Hospital Affiliated with Jiangsu University, Changzhou, China.
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Methods: All patients with a confirmed diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), or indeterminate colitis with or without PSC were eligible.
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October 2024
Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Patients with chronic liver disease have a higher surgical risk compared with those without. For patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), literature has shown that earlier surgical intervention for those with severe IBD has led to better outcomes regarding mortality and remission. For patients who have both IBD and chronic liver disease, management can be complex.
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