Search results for "Cirrhosis"
Heart failure risk increased in patients with NAFLD, meta-analysis finds
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was associated with a 50% increased risk of new-onset heart failure, independent of age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, and other common cardiovascular risk factors, according to an international meta-analysis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/26/2.htm
26 Aug 2022
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
Case reports published on gastroenterology, hepatology topics
Reports on purple urine in a patient with chronic constipation, long-term use of metronidazole mimicking hepatic encephalopathy, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia involving the liver were published in the past month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/23/9.htm
23 Sep 2022
Spotlight on digestive risks of newer diabetes drugs
Recent studies linked the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists to risk of digestive diseases, such as acute cholecystitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/23/5.htm
23 Sep 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
MKSAP Quiz: Follow-up after a diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate management of a 34-year-old patient who presents to follow-up after receiving a diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/18/4.htm
18 Nov 2022
Spotlight on alcohol use and health outcomes
One recent study estimated that 1 in 8 deaths among U.S. adults ages 20 to 64 years is due to excessive alcohol consumption, while others examined all-cause and liver-related mortality in excessive drinkers and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with alcohol-related liver disease.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/18/5.htm
18 Nov 2022
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
Case reports published on gastroenterology, hepatology topics
Reports on hepatocellular carcinoma at initial cirrhosis diagnosis, asymptomatic celiac disease, and massive splenomegaly were published in the past month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/24/12.htm
24 Feb 2023
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