Gastroenterology
News
Study shows antireflux procedures are overused in infants
Major finding: The proportional hazard ratio of undergoing antireflux surgery was markedly decreased for patients aged 7 months to 4 years (0.63)...
Conference Coverage
Lower-dose beta-blocker associated with reduced mortality in decompensated cirrhosis patients
Conference Coverage
Sofosbuvir and ribavirin combo reduced HCV recurrence post transplant
Major finding: A combination of sofosbuvir with ribavirin reduced hepatitis C recurrence in 77% of 40 posttransplant patients 4 weeks after...
Conference Coverage
ECHO model cost-effective for HCV
Major finding: The ECHO model for treating hepatitis C is cost saving in 35% of patients and very cost effective overall.Data source: A...
Conference Coverage
Hepatic failure flagged as unexpected boceprevir safety signal in adverse event review
Major finding: Eleven cases of hepatic failure were identified among almost 334 reports of serious adverse events associated with boceprevir...
Conference Coverage
Twelve percent of boomers are HCV-positive in ED screening study
Major finding: Twelve percent of baby boomers were HCV-positive, and 8.7% had confirmed infection in an emergency department screening study.Data...
Conference Coverage
Undetectable viral load cut HCV morbidity, mortality
Major Finding: Patients with chronic hepatitis C viral infection who achieved an undetectable viral load showed a 45% lower risk of death and a 27...
Conference Coverage
HCV antiviral combo plus ribavirin yields 100% response rate
Major finding: All treatment-experienced HCV patients reached SVR12 with a fixed-dose combination of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir when ribavirin was...
Conference Coverage
Risk-based screening misses hepatitis C in many pregnant women
Major finding: Hepatitis C–positive mothers were significantly more likely than HCV-negative mothers to suffer obstetric pulmonary embolism (...
Conference Coverage
VA study underlines need for universal hepatitis C screening in Baby Boomers
Major finding: Full birth cohort screening of Baby Boomer veterans would uncover approximately 51,000 additional cases of hepatitis C infection....
News
Screening yields long-term reduction in CRC mortality
Major finding: After 30 years, participants who had been screened annually and biennially had respective 32% and 22% reductions in colorectal...