Qi Xia

TL;DR: The presence of a coexisting medical condition was the only independent risk factor for the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during the evaluation period, and the novel H7N9 virus caused severe illness, including pneumonia and ARDS, with high rates of ICU admission and death.

TL;DR: The findings of the present study suggest that the Chinese diagnostic criteria of ACLF might be broadened, thus enabling implementation of a novel model to predict ACLF-related death after comprehensive medical treatment.

TL;DR: Downgrading MELD for liver transplant candidates with MELD score ≥30 was effective in improving patient prognosis, and an appropriate ALSS treatment within 48 h prior to LT is potentially beneficial.

TL;DR: The data showed that polymorphisms -863 A and -308 G in the TNF- gene promoter region might be risk factors for HBV persistence and ethnicity might play an important role in HBV infection outcome, leading to conflicting results.

TL;DR: In this article, the therapeutic efficacy of multiple medication plans over Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r), Arbidol (ARB) and Methylprednisolone on patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was analyzed.