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Biography

Graduate in Medicine in 2016 with specialization in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2020 in the University of Barcelona. After finishing the residency, he was granted with a “Emili Letang – Josep Font Contractes Clinic de Recerca 2020”, a research contract which was developed during the next 2 years and led to a PhD in Translational Medicine by the University of Barcelona in 2022 on advanced cirrhosis due to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Working full time in the Liver Intensive Care Unit of Hospital Clinic de Barcelona since February 2022 taking care of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure, acute liver failure and vascular diseases of the liver, among others. Interested in clinical and translational research he has finished two master’s degrees: one on Research Methodology by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2022) and one on Clinical Research in Hepatology by the University of Barcelona (2021). He has attended many courses and academic symposiums and meetings in liver diseases and Intensive Care Medicine.

Activities

Employment (1)

Hospital Clínic de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalonia, ES

2020-06-06 to present (Hepatology)
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Octavi Bassegoda

Education and qualifications (2)

Hospital Clinic Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2016 to 2020 | Residency in Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Residency in Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
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Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2010 to 2016 | Medicine (Medicine)
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Professional activities (2)

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine: Brussels, Brussels, BE

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European Association for the Study of the Liver: Geneva, CH

Full member (Liver diseases)
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Funding (1)

Contractes Clinic de Recerca Josep Font-Emili Letang 2020

2020 to 2022 | Award
Hospital Clinic Barcelona (Barcelona, ES)
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Works (16)

An infrequent cause of spontaneous liver rupture

Journal of Hepatology
2023-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Yiliam Fundora; Carla Fuster-Anglada; Clara Bassaganyas; David Toapanta; Octavi Bassegoda
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Rectal colonization by resistant bacteria increases the risk of infection by the colonizing strain in critically ill patients with cirrhosis

Journal of Hepatology
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85125127188

Part of ISSN: 16000641 01688278
Contributors: Prado, V.; Hernández-Tejero, M.; Mücke, M.M.; Marco, F.; Gu, W.; Amoros, A.; Toapanta, D.; Reverter, E.; Peña-Ramirez, C.D.L.; Altenpeter, L. et al.
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Octavi Bassegoda via Scopus - Elsevier

High frequency of acute decompensation and cancer in patients with compensated cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A retrospective cohort study

Hepatology Communications
2022-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Octavi Bassegoda; Jesús Rivera‐Esteban; Isabel Serra; Rosa Morillas; Teresa Broquetas; Mercedes Vergara; Adrià Rodriguez; Carles Aracil; Silvia Virolés; Jose A. Carrión et al.
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Patterns of kidney dysfunction in acute‐on‐chronic liver failure: Relationship with kidney and patients’ outcome

Hepatology Communications
2022-05-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2471-254X
Part of ISSN: 2471-254X
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Sequential changes in urinary biomarker levels in patients with cirrhosis and severe hepatorenal syndrome

Liver International
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85116321682

Part of ISSN: 14783231 14783223
Contributors: Solé, C.; Ma, A.T.; Solà, E.; Carol, M.; Fabrellas, N.; Juanola, A.; Napoleone, L.; Gratacós-Ginès, J.; Bassegoda, O.; Cervera, M. et al.
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Octavi Bassegoda via Scopus - Elsevier

Treatment With Simvastatin and Rifaximin Restores the Plasma Metabolomic Profile in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis

Hepatology Communications
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85122101317

Part of ISSN: 2471254X
Contributors: Pose, E.; Solà, E.; Lozano, J.J.; Juanola, A.; Sidorova, J.; Zaccherini, G.; de Wit, K.; Uschner, F.; Tonon, M.; Kazankov, K. et al.
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Octavi Bassegoda via Scopus - Elsevier

Decompensation in Advanced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease May Occur at Lower Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient Levels Than in Patients With Viral Disease.

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
2021-10-21 | Journal article
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Urinary L-FABP is a promising prognostic biomarker of ACLF and mortality in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

Journal of hepatology
2021-09-13 | Journal article
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Agreement between wedged hepatic venous pressure and portal pressure in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-related cirrhosis

Journal of Hepatology
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: José Ferrusquía-Acosta; Octavi Bassegoda; Laura Turco; Enric Reverter; Monica Pellone; Marcello Bianchini; Valeria Pérez-Campuzano; Enric Ripoll; Ángeles García-Criado; Isabel Graupera et al.
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Plasma Exchange: An Effective Rescue Therapy in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection.

Critical care medicine
2020-08-24 | Journal article
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Reply to: "Transition of AKI to CKD in cirrhosis - effect of baseline eGFR and unanswered questions".

Journal of hepatology
2020-06-21 | Journal article
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Development of chronic kidney disease after acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis is common and impairs clinical outcomes.

Journal of hepatology
2020-01-15 | Journal article
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Readmission after TIPS: an up-to-date landscape.

Gastroenterology report
2019-11-28 | Journal article
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Octavi Bassegoda

Acute liver failure due to visceral leishmaniasis in Barcelona: a case report.

BMC infectious diseases
2019-10-22 | Journal article
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Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin for Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury in Cirrhosis: A Prospective Study.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
2019-04-25 | Journal article
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An Unusual Cause of Acute Severe Hepatitis.

Gastroenterology
2018-09-07 | Journal article
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