Liver/Biliary Disorders News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Early palliative care referral would benefit patients with end-stage liver disease, resulting in fewer hospitalizations and more health care proxy assignments and code status changes, according to a presenter here.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Elevated ferritin correlated with an increased prevalence of cirrhosis — but not congestive heart failure — in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease, according to a presenter here.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A subgroup analysis of liver transplant patients with hepatorenal syndrome type 1 demonstrated that terlipressin decreased the need for renal replacement therapy up to 12 months following transplantation.

WASHINGTON — The risk for hepatitis C virus reinfection after direct-acting antiviral therapy was high in people with recent injection drug use, while antipsychotic drugs and opioid agonists offered possible protective effects.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease prevalence rose more than 50% globally from 1990 to 2019, with African and Middle Eastern regions identified as hotspots, according to data presented at ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

WASHINGTON — A decentralized, integrated care model is necessary to eradicate hepatitis C virus in hard-to-reach populations, including among individuals who use drugs, according to a presenter at The Liver Meeting.

WASHINGTON — An accelerated, nationally organized plan to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the United States could save more than 90,000 lives and nearly $60 billion by 2050, according to a health economics expert at The Liver Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Implementation of care re-engagement programs led to the treatment of more than 700 patients with untreated hepatitis C virus infection who had been lost to follow-up, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Bulevirtide monotherapy was safe and effective at 72 weeks for patients with hepatitis D virus-related compensated cirrhosis, with virological and clinical responses increasing over time, according to data presented here.

WASHINGTON — In a Healio video exclusive, Leen Al-Sayyed, MD, gastroenterology and transplant hepatology fellow at St. Louis University, reported women with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-cirrhosis had an increased prevalence for polypharmacy.