Liver Disease
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Liver transplantation largely effective in critically ill children
Orthotopic liver transplantation can be performed on the sickest children and achieve acceptable outcomes, results from a large analysis...
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Don't rule out liver transplant grafts from octogenarians
Perioperative differences, detailed in the study, between ideal donor and 80-year-old grafts were nonsignificant.
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Nivolumab shows promise for pretreated advanced HCC
SAN FRANCISCO – Nivolumab was associated with durable responses in heavily pretreated patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in the dose-...
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AGA Guideline: Acute liver failure
Physicians should avoid routinely testing patients with acute liver failure for Wilson’s disease unless there is “high clinical suspicion” for the...
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VIDEO: Sofosbuvir with velpatasvir beat other HCV GT3 regimens
Regimens containing sofosbuvir and velpatasvir were most effective for treating both cirrhotic and noncirrhotic genotype 3 hepatitis C virus...
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Interval cholecystectomy may be a risky business
HOLLYWOOD, FLA - Interval cholecystectomy remains a challenging procedure, with longer operative times and ICU stays, greater blood loss, and...
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Lysosomal acid lipase replacement corrects rare genetic cause of liver failure, atherosclerosis
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VIDEO: Protein-rich diet can help manage type 2 diabetes, NAFLD
By reducing fat deposits in the liver, among other things, protein-rich diets from plants and animals can have significant benefits for type 2...
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Treatment for severe alcohol hepatitis challenging
Acute alcoholic hepatitis carries a high risk of mortality, yet only a minority of patients admitted to the hospital with the condition receive...
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Covered-stent TIPS tops large-volume paracentesis for cirrhosis survival
One-year survival without liver transplant was far more likely when transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) with covered stents were...