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Hepatology (liver)

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    MELD 3.0 is a More Equitable and Accurate Predictor of Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis than MELD-Na

    March 1, 2023

    Clinical question: How does Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) 3.0 compare to MELD-Na in regard to liver transplant waitlist mortality? Background: The MELD-Na scoring system has been proven...

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    Safety-net burden linked with poorer inpatient cirrhosis outcomes

    June 21, 2021

    Even so, hospitalizations and mortality were still higher in Black patients than White patients after controlling for hospitals’ safety-net burden.

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    Eliminating hepatitis by 2030: HHS releases new strategic plan

    January 14, 2021

    The United States “is currently facing unprecedented hepatitis A outbreaks, while progress in preventing hepatitis B has stalled, and hepatitis C rates nearly tripled.”

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    Updated USPSTF HBV screening recommendation may be a ‘lost opportunity’

    January 12, 2021

    The recommendation defines risk groups more narrowly than the CDC, AASLD, and some research suggests risk-based screening is ineffective for chronic conditions.

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    Liver injury linked to COVID-19–related coagulopathy

    November 18, 2020

    Cells that line the liver’s blood vessels produce high levels of factor VIII, a coagulation factor, when they are exposed to interleukin-6, an inflammatory molecule associated with COVID-19.

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    INR fails to predict bleeding in patients with cirrhosis

    October 6, 2020

    The investigators hope the study findings reinforce minimizing administration of fresh frozen plasma for inappropriate correction of international normalized ratio, which carries a multitude of adverse effects among cirrhotic patients.

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    Tools emerging to predict liver failure in cirrhosis

    September 9, 2020

    Systemic inflammation, with high levels of proteins, is one of the mechanisms that leads to organ failure.

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    NAFLD may predict arrhythmia recurrence post-AFib ablation

    August 14, 2020

    The presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease adds a further modifiable target for preablation medical optimization, researchers say.

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    New CDC guidance for health care personnel exposed to HCV

    July 24, 2020

    Baseline testing of the source patient and the HCP should be performed as soon as possible, preferably within 48 hours of exposure.

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    Hep C sofosbuvir/daclatasvir combo promising for COVID-19

    July 13, 2020

    “We need to remember that conducting research amidst a pandemic with overwhelmed hospitals is a clear challenge, and we cannot be sure of success.”

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