Cirrhosis/Liver Failure News

The COVID-19 pandemic stripped away layers of sugarcoating in our society — it exposed weak points across aspects of American life, stretched resources in public health and highlighted a deficit in recognition and access to mental health care and addiction medicine.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with cirrhosis who survived COVID-19 may not have worsening of underlying disease or death in the long-term compared with cirrhotic patients who never acquired COVID-19, noted data from Digestive Disease Week 2022.

SAN DIEGO — Liver fat content is not associated with risk for any cardiovascular event, according to data from the Dallas Heart Study presented at the AACE Annual Scientific and Clinical Conference.

Although proton pump inhibitors were linked with an increased risk for infection and decompensation in patients with cirrhosis, they may still be of benefit in those with prior gastrointestinal bleeding, according to published data.

Pickle juice consumed at the onset of muscle cramps improved severity but did not prevent future cramps in patients with cirrhosis, according to research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

In this Healio video exclusive, Steven L. Flamm, MD, chief of the hepatology program at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses the rise in alcohol-related hepatitis during COVID-19, as well as promising new treatment options.

Among patients with hepatitis-induced cirrhosis, heavy alcohol consumption increased liver function impairment and hepatocellular carcinoma prevalence, according to research.

Premenopausal women with long or irregular menstrual cycles have a higher risk for prevalent and incident nonalcoholic fatty liver disease compared with women with normal cycles, according to study findings.

Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma is critical in high-risk patients, according to a presentation at GUILD conference 2022.

Among adults who undergo radioactive iodine therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer, risk for hepatic dysfunction is elevated for men and all with low free thyroxine or high triglycerides, according to study data.