Search results for "Cirrhosis"
Spotlight on acute kidney injury in cirrhosis
One recent study quantified the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) among patients with cirrhosis undergoing CT with contrast, while a review offered advice on diagnosis, nonpharmacological management, and prevention of AKI in cirrhosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/27/5.htm
27 Oct 2023
Spotlight on hospitalizations for cirrhosis
Recent studies looked at predicting readmissions, treating acute kidney injury, and improving health literacy in patients hospitalized with cirrhosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/25/5.htm
25 Aug 2023
Medications for AUD appear beneficial in patients with cirrhosis
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that medications for alcohol use disorder (AUD) were associated with 32% more abstinence versus placebo or standard treatment in patients with alcohol-induced cirrhosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/22/1.htm
22 Sep 2023
Use of warfarin down, DOACs up in commercially insured patients with cirrhosis, nonvalvular afib
While more than half of eligible patients with cirrhosis and concurrent nonvalvular atrial fibrillation did not receive anticoagulation between 2012 and 2019, use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) increased substantially during that time, a recent study found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/27/7.htm
27 Jan 2023
Higher MAP linked with AKI reversal among hospitalized patients
A 5 mm Hg increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP) was linked with a small but significant increase in the likelihood of reversal of acute kidney injury (AKI), according to a retrospective study of patients hospitalized with decompensated cirrhosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/26/2.htm
26 Apr 2024
Undiagnosed liver disease frequently found among patients with cognitive impairment
Among 177,422 veterans with dementia and no prior cirrhosis diagnosis, 10.3% had a Fibrosis-4 score suggestive of advanced fibrosis and 5.3% had a score suggestive of cirrhosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/23/3.htm
23 Feb 2024
A click to improve cirrhosis care
An electronic alert increased use of rifaximin in patients with cirrhosis who were taking lactulose and were admitted with hepatic encephalopathy.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/24/7.htm
24 Jun 2022
MKSAP Quiz: Dyspnea in a patient with cirrhosis
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate diagnostic test to perform in a 60-year-old patient with cirrhosis and a six-month history of dyspnea on exertion.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/26/4.htm
26 May 2023
Spotlight on hospital care for cirrhosis
In recent studies of patients with cirrhosis, an admission order set was associated with better care quality, data supported culture-based deescalation of antibiotics during hospitalization, and nonvariceal upper GI bleeding was associated with higher readmission rates.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/26/5.htm
26 Aug 2022
Poor oral health associated with hospitalizations in outpatients with cirrhosis
Over three months, patients with cirrhosis who were hospitalized for nonelective reasons were more likely than those who were not to be decompensated, with higher rates of minimal hepatic encephalopathy plus frailty and history of periodontitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/18/2.htm
18 Nov 2022