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Peer-assisted telemedicine boosts HCV treatment, viral clearance rates

A randomized controlled trial in rural Oregon found that patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who used drugs were more likely to start treatment and achieve viral clearance if they received peer-assisted telemedicine versus peer-assisted referral to local clinicians.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/20/2.htm
20 Dec 2024

Model including hepatitis B viral load accurately predicts HCC risk in untreated patients

Researchers developed and externally validated a model for predicting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in noncirrhotic adult patients who had chronic hepatitis B but would not meet current criteria for antiviral treatment in a study in Taiwan, Korea, and Hong Kong.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/27/6.htm
27 Sep 2024

Hepatitis D co-infection linked with worse outcomes, higher mortality in hepatitis B

Patients with both hepatitis D and hepatitis B are more than twice as likely to develop hepatocellular carcinoma and decompensation and to die of liver-related causes than those with hepatitis B virus alone, according to a study of Veterans Health Administration data.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/27/3.htm
27 Sep 2024

Case reports cover hepatitis B reactivation, colitis, black esophagus

These gastroenterology and hepatology topics were touched upon in recent cases.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/22/9.htm
22 Nov 2024

Key concepts for diagnosing and treating alcohol-associated hepatitis for hospitalists

A new Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes feature reviewed the diagnosis and medical management of patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/23/9.htm
23 Jun 2023

KDIGO updates guidelines on treating hepatitis C in chronic kidney disease

The latest recommendations from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO), which were recently summarized in Annals, address sofosbuvir treatment in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, among other topics.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/22/6.htm
22 Dec 2023

MKSAP Quiz: Treatment of HCV

A 58-year-old woman is evaluated for treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. She has unresectable metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. She requests treatment of her HCV infection. What is the most appropriate management?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/25/4.htm
25 Oct 2024

Adding factors to FIB-4 improves early identification of patients with risk of HCC

The score, which took into account age, sex, race and ethnicity, body mass index, diabetes status, smoking status, alcohol use, and Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4) score, found patients at risk of hepatocellular cancer (HCC) who didn't have viral hepatitis or cirrhosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/22/1.htm
22 Nov 2024

MKSAP Quiz: Exposure to hepatitis A virus

This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate preventive measure for a 22-year-old patient who was recently exposed to hepatitis A virus.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/28/4.htm
28 Jul 2023

CDC calls for all U.S. adults to be screened for hepatitis B

All adults should undergo triple-panel screening at least once in their lives, and screening should be repeated during the first trimester of every pregnancy, the CDC said.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/24/6.htm
24 Mar 2023

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