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Francesca Capretti

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Citations -  321

Francesca Capretti is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Internal medicine & Serum albumin. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 178 citations.

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Long-term albumin administration in decompensated cirrhosis (ANSWER): an open-label randomised trial.

Paolo Caraceni, +92 more
- 16 Jun 2018 - 
TL;DR: Long-term HA administration prolongs overall survival and might act as a disease modifying treatment in patients with decompensated cirrhosis in this trial.
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On-treatment serum albumin level can guide long-term treatment in patients with cirrhosis and uncomplicated ascites

Paolo Caraceni, +92 more
TL;DR: Baseline serum albumin per se should not guide the decision to start albumin therapy and could be used as a guide in order to improve the use of albumin, 4.0 g/dL being the target threshold to be pursued.
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The Apparent Asymmetrical Relationship Between Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth, Endotoxemia, and Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis in Cirrhotic and Non-Cirrhotic Patients: A Single-Center Pilot Study

TL;DR: It is shown that SIBO prevalence and relative endotoxin blood levels seem to be significantly associated with the grade of LF vs. LS in LC, and its prevalence seems to correlate with liver disease irreversible derangement.