Tag: Cirrhosis
Hep C Infection Poses Global Public Health Threat to Reproductive-Age Women
Incidence rates of both acute hepatitis and hepatitis C-related cirrhosis up substantially from 1990 to 2019
Substituting Meat Could Reduce Ammoniagenesis in Cirrhosis
Substitution of single meat-based meal with nonmeat alternative also results in altered serum metabolomics
Prevalence of Hepatitis Delta High in Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Chronic Carriers
Cirrhosis may develop in more patients with detectable HDV RNA than in those without
Missed, Undiagnosed Cirrhosis May Be Risk Factor for Cognitive Decline
More than 5 percent of veterans with dementia had Fibrosis-4 score greater than 3.25, suggestive of cirrhosis
Antivirals Aid HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B Patients
Findings seen for those with normal alanine transaminase and especially for patients with HBV DNA ≥2,000 IU/mL
Markers of Inflammation Can Predict 180-Day Mortality in Cirrhosis
20 markers of inflammation correlated with 180-day mortality; no correlations observed with liver-related admissions
Significant Impairments Found in Taste, Smell for Cirrhosis Patients
Stroop and the psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score impairment also worse for patients versus controls
High-Risk Patients Awaiting Liver Transplant Benefit Most From Living Donors
Benefit was most evident in wait-listed cirrhosis patients with moderate-to-severe frailty
Serum Ammonia, Hospital Mortality Linked in ICU Cirrhosis Patients
Model with serial ammonia measured on ICU days 1 and 3 predicted hospital mortality with reasonably good discrimination
Racial Disparities Seen Among Hospitalized Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis
Findings seen for Black and Hispanic versus White patients for liver transplantation and mortality
