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
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
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
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
Spotlight on cholesterol and the liver
Very low low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are associated with increased risk of liver complications in the general population, a European study found, while a study of Chinese patients with primary biliary cholangitis showed that high total cholesterol levels predicted liver disease.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/23/5.htm
23 Feb 2024
Serum ferritin values may improve risk stratification of MASLD patients
Baseline hyperferritinemia occurred in almost one-third of study patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and was associated with higher stages of fibrosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/26/3.htm
26 Jan 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