Summaries of Must-Read Clinical Literature, Guidelines, and FDA Actions
Must Reads In Liver Disease
Liver Disease for January/February 2018
Liver Stiffness Improves After HCV Antiviral Tx, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol; 2018 Jan; Singh, et al
Prevalence of Primary Biliary Cholangitis is Growing, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol; ePub 2017 Dec 22; Lu, et al
Liver Disease for November/December 2017
Hepatologists Challenge Cochrane on Hep C DAAs, Am J Gastroenterol; ePub 2017 Nov 14; Kwo, et al
CLD Patients Don’t Reach Hospice Soon Enough, Am J Gastroenterol; 2017 Nov; Fukui, et al
FDA Approves Mepsevii for MPS VII, FDA news release; 2017 Nov 25
Steroids Provide No Benefit in Alcoholic Hepatitis, Cochrane; 2017 Nov 2; Pavlov, et al
Chronic Liver Disease & Vitamin D Supplementation, Cochrane; 2017 Nov 3; Bjelakovic, et al
Liver Disease for September/October 2017
HCV & Renal Disease Respond to Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir, N Engl J Med; 2017 Oct 12; Gane, et al
How Common is Hepatic Sarcoidosis?, Am J Gastroenterol; 2017 Oct; Ungprasert, et al
Statins Reduce Threat of Hepatic Complications, Clin Gastoenterol Hepatol; 2017 Oct; Kim, et al
Are Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates Overlooked?, Gastroenterology; 2017 Oct; Hsu, Shaffer, et al
Direct-Acting Antivirals of Questionable Worth in HCV, Cochrane; 2017 Sep 18; Jakobsen, et al
Liver Disease for July/August 2017
Treating Sickle Cell Anemia Complications, Cochrane; 2017 Jul 31; Marti-Carvajal, et al
Does Alcohol Use Lessen CVD Risk in NAFLD?, Gastroenterology; ePub 2017 Aug 9; VanWagner, et al
Mavyret Approved for Chronic Hepatitis C, FDA news release; 2017 Aug 3
The Link Between Liver Ca, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol; 2017 Aug; Tansel, et al
When to Give Antivirals to Liver Transplant Patients, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol; ePub 2017 Jun 17; Samur, et al
Liver Disease for May/June 2017
A Better Understanding of Hepatorenal Syndrome, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol; ePub 2017 Jun 7; Mindikoglu, et al
DAAs Have Little Effect on HCV Outcomes, Cochrane Database; 2017 Jun 6; Jakobsen, et al
Are More Patients with Cirrhosis Dying at Home?, Am J Gastroenterol; ePub 2017 Jun 13; Kanwal, et al
Testosterone Linked to Fatty Liver in Midlife Women, Am J Gastroenterol; 2017 May; Sarkar, et al
Hepatic Encephalopathy & Branched Chain Amino Acids, Cochrane Database; 2017 May 18; Gluud, et al