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Piero Amodio
Researcher at University of Padua
Publications - 218
Citations - 10800
Piero Amodio is an academic researcher from University of Padua. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cirrhosis & Hepatic encephalopathy. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 215 publications receiving 9371 citations. Previous affiliations of Piero Amodio include Sapienza University of Rome & American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
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Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease: 2014 Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study Of Liver Diseases and the European Association for the Study of the Liver
Hendrik Vilstrup,Piero Amodio,Jasmohan S. Bajaj,Jasmohan S. Bajaj,Juan Córdoba,Peter Ferenci,Kevin D. Mullen,Karin Weissenborn,Philip Wong +8 more
TL;DR: The AASLD/EASL Practice Guideline Subcommittee on Hepatic Encephalopathy are: Jayant A. Talwalkar, Hari S. Conjeevaram, Michael Porayko, Raphael B. Merriman, Peter L. Jansen, Fabien Zoulim.
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Nutritional supplementation with branched-chain amino acids in advanced cirrhosis: a double-blind, randomized trial.
Giulio Marchesini,Giampaolo Bianchi,Manuela Merli,Piero Amodio,Carmine Panella,Carmela Loguercio,Fillipo Rossi Fanelli,R Abbiati +7 more
TL;DR: In advanced cirrhosis, long-term nutritional supplementation with oral BCAA is useful to prevent progressive hepatic failure and to improve surrogate markers and perceived health status.
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Reversal of type 1 hepatorenal syndrome with the administration of midodrine and octreotide.
Paolo Angeli,Roberta Volpin,Giorgio Enrico Gerunda,R. Craighero,Paola Roner,Roberto Merenda,Piero Amodio,Antonietta Sticca,Lorenza Caregaro,A. Maffeifaccioli,Angelo Gatta +10 more
TL;DR: The long‐term administration of midodrine and octreotide seems to be an effective and safe treatment of type 1 HRS in patients with cirrhosis.
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Nutrition and survival in patients with liver cirrhosis.
F. Alberino,Angelo Gatta,Piero Amodio,Carlo Merkel,Lorenza Di Pascoli,G. Boffo,Lorenza Caregaro +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that malnutrition is an independent predictor of survival in patients with liver cirrhosis, and the inclusion of anthropometric measures in the assessment of these patients might provide better prognostic information.
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Factors associated with poor health-related quality of life of patients with cirrhosis
Giulio Marchesini,Giampaolo Bianchi,Piero Amodio,Francesco Salerno,Manuela Merli,Carmine Panella,Carmela Loguercio,Giovanni Apolone,Mauro Niero,R Abbiati +9 more
TL;DR: Quality of life is variably impaired in cirrhosis, also in uncomplicated patients and non-life-threatening symptoms, such as muscle cramps, are of major concern.