Tag: Liver Disease: Misc.

Risk for adverse liver and cardiovascular outcomes lower among patients with obesity and advanced fatty liver who undergo bariatric surgery

Outcomes worse before and after liver transplant for nonoverweight versus overweight/obese adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Authors say primary care providers in particular need more education on the potential harms of opioids in patients with liver disease

Increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma also seen with higher transferrin saturation levels in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Incidence of all-cause mortality increased with increasing fibrosis stage; increase also seen in liver-related complications

In phase 2b trial, more patients with active NASH had reduction in disease activity score with lanifibranor versus placebo

For Blacks versus Whites, differences in post-LT mortality narrowed between 2002 and 2009, increased between 2014 and 2018

Class I HED of the donor is associated with higher risk for acute and chronic rejection of the liver transplant

Earlier arrival time at World Trade Center associated with decreased liver attenuation on computed tomography

Maternal obesity in early pregnancy linked to increased risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the child by age 25 years