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Helena Masnou
Researcher at Autonomous University of Barcelona
Publications - 56
Citations - 1368
Helena Masnou is an academic researcher from Autonomous University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 36 publications receiving 1008 citations. Previous affiliations of Helena Masnou include Carlos III Health Institute.
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Natural history of patients hospitalized for management of cirrhotic ascites.
Ramon Planas,Silvia Montoliu,Belén Ballesté,M. Rivera,Mireia Miquel,Helena Masnou,Jose Antonio Galeras,M.D. Giménez,Justiniano Santos,I. Cirera,Rosa Maria Morillas,Susanna Coll,Ricard Solà +12 more
TL;DR: The survival of cirrhotic patients with first episode of ascite is relatively high, and it is mainly influenced by age and Child-Pugh score at the time of ascites decompensation, as well as by DH development.
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Preemptive-TIPS Improves Outcome in High-Risk Variceal Bleeding: An Observational Study
Virginia Hernández-Gea,Bogdan Procopet,Álvaro Giráldez,Lucio Amitrano,Càndid Villanueva,Dominique Thabut,Luis Ibáñez-Samaniego,Gilberto Silva-Junior,Javier Martínez,Joan Genescà,Christophe Bureau,Jonel Trebicka,Elba Llop,Wim Laleman,José María Palazón,José Castellote,Susana G. Rodrigues,Lise Lotte Gluud,Carlos Noronha Ferreira,Rafael Ramis Barceló,Nuria Cañete,Manuel J. Rodriguez,Arnulf Ferlitsch,Jose Luis Mundi,Henning Grønbæk,Manuel Hernández-Guerra,Romano Sassatelli,Alessandra Dell'Era,Marco Senzolo,Juan G. Abraldes,Manuel Romero-Gómez,Alexander Zipprich,Meritxell Casas,Helena Masnou,Massimo Primignani,Aleksander Krag,Frederik Nevens,Jose Luis Calleja,Christian Jansen,Marie Angèle Robic,Irene Conejo,Maria Vega Catalina,Agustín Albillos,Marika Rudler,Edilmar Alvarado,Maria Anna Guardascione,Marcel Tantau,Jaime Bosch,Jaime Bosch,Ferran Torres,Juan Carlos García-Pagán +50 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a multicenter, international, observational study including 671 patients from 34 centers admitted for acute variceal bleeding (AVB) and high-risk of treatment failure was conducted.
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Rebleeding and mortality risk are increased by ACLF but reduced by pre-emptive TIPS
Jonel Trebicka,Wenyi Gu,Wenyi Gu,Luis Ibáñez-Samaniego,Virginia Hernández-Gea,Carla Pitarch,Elisabet Garcia,Bogdan Procopet,Álvaro Giráldez,Lucio Amitrano,Càndid Villanueva,Dominique Thabut,Gilberto Silva-Junior,Javier Martínez,Joan Genescà,C. Bureau,Elba Llop,Wim Laleman,José María Palazón,José Castellote,Susanag Rodrigues,L.L. Gluud,Carlos Noronha Ferreira,Rafael Ramis Barceló,Nuria Cañete,Manuel Rodríguez,Arnulf Ferlitsch,Jose Luis Mundi,Henning Grønbæk,Manuel Hernández-Guerra,Romano Sassatelli,Alessandra Dell'Era,Marco Senzolo,Juan G. Abraldes,Manuel Romero-Gómez,Alexander Zipprich,Meritxell Casas,Helena Masnou,Massimo Primignani,Emmanuel Weiss,María-Vega Catalina,Hans-Peter Erasmus,Frank Erhard Uschner,Martin Schulz,Maximilian J. Brol,Michael Praktiknjo,Johannes Chang,Aleksander Krag,Frederik Nevens,Jose Luis Calleja,Marie Angèle Robic,Irene Conejo,Agustín Albillos,Marika Rudler,Edilmar Alvarado,Maria Anna Guardascione,Marcel Tantau,Jaime Bosch,Jaime Bosch,Ferran Torres,Marco Pavesi,Juan Carlos García-Pagán,Christian Jansen,Rafael Bañares +63 more
TL;DR: This large multi-center international real-life study identified ACLF as at admission an independent predictor of rebleeding and mortality in AVB and pTIPS may be considered in ACLF patients with AVB, although the presented data need to be independently validated.
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Incidence and Prognosis of Different Types of Functional Renal Failure in Cirrhotic Patients With Ascites
Silvia Montoliu,Belén Ballesté,Ramon Planas,Ramon Planas,Marco Antonio Álvarez,M. Rivera,Mireia Miquel,Mireia Miquel,Helena Masnou,Helena Masnou,I. Cirera,Rosa Maria Morillas,Rosa Maria Morillas,Susanna Coll,Margarita Sala,M.G. Retortillo,Nuria Cañete,Ricard Solà +17 more
TL;DR: Almost 50% of the cirrhotic patients with ascites developed some type of functional renal failure during the follow-up period; renal failure was associated with worse prognosis.
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De novo depression and anxiety disorders and influence on adherence during peginterferon‐alpha‐2a and ribavirin treatment in patients with hepatitis C
Rocío Martín-Santos,Crisanto Diez-Quevedo,P. Castellví,Ricard Navinés,M. Miquel,Helena Masnou,A. Soler,Mercè Ardèvol,F. García,J.A. Galeras,Ramon Planas,Ricard Solà +11 more
TL;DR: This data indicates that pre-existing depression and anxiety have been associated with interferon treatment and low treatment adherence and this data points to the need to investigate further the mechanisms behind this association.