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Puneeta Tandon
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 229
Citations - 9398
Puneeta Tandon is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cirrhosis. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 182 publications receiving 6882 citations. Previous affiliations of Puneeta Tandon include University of Alberta Hospital & University of Calgary.
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Bacterial infections, sepsis, and multiorgan failure in cirrhosis.
TL;DR: The mechanisms of bacterial translocation such as impaired immunity and bacterial overgrowth are reviewed, as well as maneuvers that may inhibit bacterial translocated and could be used not only to prevent infections but also to ameliorate the hyperdynamic circulatory state of cirrhosis.
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Severe muscle depletion in patients on the liver transplant wait list: Its prevalence and independent prognostic value
Puneeta Tandon,Michael Ney,Ivana Irwin,Mang Ma,Leah Gramlich,Vincent G. Bain,Nina Esfandiari,Vickie E. Baracos,Aldo J. Montano-Loza,Robert P. Myers,Robert P. Myers +10 more
TL;DR: Sarcopenia is associated with increased waiting‐list mortality and is poorly predicted by subjective nutritional assessment tools such as BMI and subjective global assessment.
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A Model to Identify Sarcopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis
Puneeta Tandon,Gavin Low,Marina Mourtzakis,Laura Zenith,Robert P. Myers,Juan G. Abraldes,Abdel Aziz M. Shaheen,Hina Qamar,Nadia Mansoor,Michelle Carbonneau,Kathleen P. Ismond,Sumeer Mann,Alshimaa Alaboudy,Mang Ma +13 more
TL;DR: In a prospective study of patients with cirrhosis, the combination of body mass index and thigh muscle thickness (measured by ultrasound) can identify male and female patients with sarcopenia almost as well as cross-sectional imaging.
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Prognostic indicators in hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review of 72 studies
TL;DR: A large number of patients with and without cirrhosis and those with compensated and decompensated Cirrhosis are combined into a single clinical trial for HCC diagnosis.
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Diabetes and coronary artery bypass surgery: an examination of perioperative glycemic control and outcomes.
TL;DR: Perioperative glycemic control in a cohort of diabetic patients undergoing CABG in a tertiary care facility was suboptimal and hyperglycemia in the first postoperative day was associated with subsequent adverse outcomes in the study patients.