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Meritxell Casas
Researcher at Autonomous University of Barcelona
Publications - 46
Citations - 856
Meritxell Casas is an academic researcher from Autonomous University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis & Cirrhosis. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 46 publications receiving 587 citations. Previous affiliations of Meritxell Casas include Carlos III Health Institute.
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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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Impact of anticoagulation on upper-gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis. A retrospective multicenter study.
Federica Cerini,Javier González,Javier González,Ferran Torres,Angela Puente,Meritxell Casas,Carmen Vinaixa,Marina Berenguer,Alba Ardevol,Salvador Augustin,Salvador Augustin,Elba Llop,Maria Senosiaín,Maria Senosiaín,Càndid Villanueva,Joaquín de la Peña,Rafael Bañares,Rafael Bañares,Joan Genescà,Julia Sopeña,Agustín Albillos,Agustín Albillos,Jaume Bosch,Virginia Hernández-Gea,Juan Carlos García-Pagán +24 more
TL;DR: Factors that impact the outcome of UGIB in patients under AT are degree of multiorgan failure and comorbidity, but not AT itself.
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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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Secondary bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis: A retrospective study of clinical and analytical characteristics, diagnosis and management
Germán Soriano,José Castellote,Cristina Alvarez,A. Girbau,Jordi Gordillo,Carme Baliellas,Meritxell Casas,Carles Pons,Eva Román,Eva Román,Sandra Maisterra,Xavier Xiol,Carlos Guarner,Carlos Guarner +13 more
TL;DR: A low threshold of suspicion on the basis of Runyon's criteria and microbiological data, together with an aggressive approach that includes prompt abdominal computed tomography and early surgical evaluation, could improve prognosis in patients with secondary peritonitis.
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Effects of Early Placement of Transjugular Portosystemic Shunts in Patients With High-Risk Acute Variceal Bleeding: a Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data.
Oana Nicoară-Farcău,Oana Nicoară-Farcău,Guohong Han,Marika Rudler,Debora Angrisani,Alberto Monescillo,Ferran Torres,Georgina Casanovas,Jaime Bosch,Jaime Bosch,Yong Lv,Dominique Thabut,Daiming Fan,Virginia Hernández-Gea,Juan Carlos García-Pagán,Christophe Bureau,Juan G. Abraldes,Frederik Nevens,Karel Caca,Wim Laleman,Beate Appenrodt,Angelo Luca,Jean-Pierre Vinel,Joachim Mössner,Marco Di Pascoli,Alexander Zipprich,Tilman Sauerbruch,Francisco Martinez-Lagares,Luis Ruiz-del-Arbol,Angel Sierra,Clemencia Guevara,Elena Jimenez,Jose Miguel Marrero,Enrique Buceta,Juan Francisco Sanchez,Ana Castellot,Monica Penate,Ana Cruz,Elena Peña,Bogdan Procopeț,Álvaro Giráldez,Lucio Amitrano,Càndid Villanueva,Luis Ibáñez-Samaniego,Gilberto Silva-Junior,Javier Martínez,Joan Genescà,Jonel Trebicka,Elba Llop,José María Palazón,José Castellote,Susana G. Rodrigues,Lise Lotte 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,Manuel Romero-Gómez,Meritxell Casas,Helena Masnou,Massimo Primignani,Aleksander Krag,Jose Luis Calleja,Christian Jansen,Marie Angèle Robic,Irene Conejo,María-Vega Catalina,Agustín Albillos,Edilmar Alvarado,Maria Anna Guardascione,Marcel Tanțău,Luo Zuo,Xuan Zhu,Jianbo Zhao,Hui Xue,Zaibo Jiang,Yuzheng Zhuge,Chunqing Zhang,Junhui Sun,Pengxu Ding,Weixin Ren,Yingchun Li,Kewei Zhang,Wenguang Zhang,Chuangye He,Jiawei Zhong,Qifeng Peng,Fuquan Ma,Junyang Luo,Ming Zhang,Guangchuan Wang,Minhuang Sun,Junjiao Dong,Wei Bai,Wengang Guo,Qiuhe Wang,Xulong Yuan,Zhengyu Wang,Tianlei Yu,Bohan Luo,Xiaomei Li,Jie Yuan,Na Han,Ying Zhu,Jing Niu,Kai Li,Zhanxin Yin,Yongzhan Nie,P Fischer,Horia Ștefănescu,Andreea Pop,Stig Borbjerg Laursen,Fanny Turon,Anna Baiges,José Ferrusquía-Acosta,Marta Magaz,Eira Cerda,Luis Téllez,Giulia Allegretti,Guilherme Macedo,David Haldrup,Patricia M. Santos,Miguel Moura,Daniela Reis,Liliane Meireles,Patricia Sousa,Paula Alexandrino,Carmen A. Navascués,Salvador Augustin,Vincenzo La Mura,Rafael Bañares,Raquel Diaz,Marta Gómez,Cristina Ripoll +140 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of data from 1327 patients with cirrhosis, acute variceal bleeding, and Child-Pugh score between 10-13 points or CP-B+AB found that preemptive TIPS increased the proportion who survived for 1 year, in both subgroups separately, compared with drugs plus endoscopy.