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AASLD 2020: A clinical news roundup
A panel of reviewers highlighted abstracts from the digital edition of the 2020 Liver Meeting in the annual Clinical News Debrief.
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Pronounced racial differences in HBsAg loss after stopping nucleos(t)ide
Patients of White background had a nearly sixfold higher chance for functional cure of hepatitis B infection.
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HCC rates slow in cities, continue to climb in rural areas
Disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence rates between urban and rural areas vary by race/ethnicity.
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GLIMMER of hope for itch in primary biliary cholangitis
Moderate to severe pruritus “affects patients’ quality of life and is a huge burden for them.”
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Liver-related deaths decline after Medicaid expansion under ACA
Investment in Medicaid expansions paid off in fewer liver-related deaths and a decrease in racial/ethnic disparities.
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Liquid biopsy captures key NASH pathology hallmarks
Scanning for key proteins in serum identified fibrosis, inflammation, hepatocyte ballooning, and steatosis with high accuracy.
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‘Disordered eating’ drops after teens undergo bariatric surgery
The findings are “novel because of the age of the patients,” according to one of the investigators.
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FIT unfit for inpatient, emergency settings
The inappropriate use of FIT in these settings had no positive effect on clinical decision-making.
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Black patients less likely to receive H. pylori eradication testing
This disparity may exacerbate the already increased burden of H. pylori infection and gastric cancer among Black individuals.
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Cirrhosis, Child-Pugh score predict ERCP complications
Complications from endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography were significantly more common in patients with cirrhosis than in those without...