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Liver Disease

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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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    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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    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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    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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    CDC: Screen nearly all adults, including pregnant women, for HCV

    April 10, 2020

    Screening should go beyond baby boomers.

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    See acute hepatitis? Consider COVID-19, N.Y. case suggests

    April 9, 2020

    This is the first documented instance of a patient with COVID-19 presenting with acute hepatitis as the primary symptom before developing respiratory symptoms.

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    Patients with COVID-19 may face risk for liver injury

    March 19, 2020

    Mechanisms of damage remain unclear, but could include virus-, immune-, or drug-induced injury.

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    What’s new in hepatitis C: Four themes that dominated at the Liver Meeting

    November 22, 2019

    BOSTON – AASLD highlights included treatment of persons who inject drugs, new directions in pangenotypic therapy, benefits of sustained virologic response, preemptive therapy in donor-positive organ transplant.

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