Search results for "Cirrhosis"
Tranexamic acid may help with upper GI bleeding after esophageal variceal ligation
Tranexamic acid significantly reduced upper GI bleeding after esophageal variceal ligation, but mortality rates were similar to those with placebo, a trial in India found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/22/3.htm
22 Mar 2024
MKSAP quiz: Managing a serous cystadenoma
A 65-year-old woman is evaluated at a follow-up visit. She presented to the emergency department 2 weeks ago with a 2-day history of left-lower-quadrant abdominal pain. The radiology report shows a pancreatic cyst with all the imaging features of a serous cystadenoma. What is the most appropriate management?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/23/4.htm
23 Feb 2024
MKSAP Quiz: Confusion and a history of cirrhosis
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate next step in evaluation in the ED for a 56-year-old patient with symptoms of progressive confusion and a history of cirrhosis due to alcohol use, as well as depression and anxiety.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/24/4.htm
24 Mar 2023
Self-administered questionnaire may help evaluate patients' cirrhosis knowledge
The questionnaire, which covered medication use and accessibility, medication obstacles, lactulose use, diuretic use, beta-blocker use, and dietary sodium use, was validated in a study of 582 outpatients and 131 inpatients.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/23/1.htm
23 Sep 2022
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
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
Fenofibrate may augment treatment for primary biliary cholangitis
Adding fenofibrate to ursodeoxycholic acid significantly increased the likelihood of biochemical response and normalization of alkaline phosphatase levels, a small trial in China found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/17/3.htm
17 Nov 2023
Electronic alert about lactulose linked to lower readmissions in patients with cirrhosis
The alert, which encouraged clinicians to prescribe rifaximin for patients with cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy who were on lactulose, increased uptake of rifaximin in such patients.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/28/3.htm
28 Jan 2022
MKSAP Quiz: Chronic pain and a history of cirrhosis
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate treatment for a 66-year-old patient with chronic back pain and a history of cirrhosis, osteoporosis, and stage 2 chronic kidney disease.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/25/4.htm
25 Feb 2022
Urinary biomarker may help predict cirrhosis outcomes, study finds
Levels of urine liver fatty acid-binding protein could be used together with Model for End-stage Liver Disease scoring to improve predictions of liver failure or death, according to an analysis of patients hospitalized for decompensated cirrhosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/24/3.htm
24 Sep 2021