Liver Disease
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Class III obesity increases risk of acute on chronic liver failure in cirrhotic patients
Patients with a BMI greater than or equal to 40 kg/m2 with decompensated cirrhosis are at greater risk of developing acute on chronic...
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Very few infants born to HCV-infected mothers receive testing
Despite increasing prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women, infants exposed to the disease are screened at a very low rate.
Conference Coverage
Treatment of HCV in special populations
MAUI, HAWAII – Acute hepatitis C infection sometimes warrants treatment.
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Alpha fetoprotein boosted detection of early-stage liver cancer
Adding alpha fetoprotein to ultrasound significantly increased its ability to detect early-stage liver cancer.
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Heavy drinking did not worsen clinical outcomes from drug-induced liver injury
Heavy drinking was not associated with higher proportions of liver-related deaths or liver transplantation among patients with drug-induced liver...
Conference Coverage
Hep B therapy: Indefinite or FINITE for e-negative patients?
LAS VEGAS –
The New Gastroenterologist
Advanced training in hepatology
Unlike previous hepatologists, who were trained through gastroenterology programs, most new practitioners seek advanced training in a fellowship...
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Life and health are not even across the U.S.
Can data from the Global Burden of Disease 2016 help close mortality gaps and prevent deaths from opioid abuse, smoking, and obesity?
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VIDEO: Biomarker accurately predicted primary nonfunction after liver transplant
This could be a tool to safely select high-risk organs for liver transplantation that otherwise would be discarded from the donor pool.
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Survival worse with alcohol-related HCC, compared with other types
Patients with alcohol-related hepatocellular carcinoma have worse overall survival, likely because of delays in diagnosis and later stage at...