Cirrhosis/Liver Failure News

New data published in Hepatology showed that nonselective beta-blockers did not increase all-cause or cirrhosis-related mortality in patients with advanced cirrhosis and ascites.

Swedish male adolescents who were overweight had an increased risk for developing severe liver disease — such as cirrhosis — later in life, according to results of a population-based study.

Esophageal metal stents were more effective in controlling acute bleeding from varices in patients with cirrhosis and esophageal variceal bleeding and other adverse events vs. balloon tamponade, according to results of a controlled trial.

SAN DIEGO — In this exclusive video from DDW 2016, Naim Alkhouri, MD, a hepatologist from the Cleveland Clinic, discusses the increasing prevalence and burden of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-induced cirrhosis in the U.S.

Over the course of 10 years, cirrhosis incidence was lowest in Southern Sweden compared with all other European countries, according to results of a population-based study.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with cirrhosis had improved quality of life one year after treatment with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement compared with endoscopic therapy plus beta-blocker, for the secondary prevention of gastroesophageal variceal bleeding, according to a study presented at DDW 2016.

Acute hepatitis E virus infection was not prevalent in American patients with acute liver failure, according to published findings.

The combination of terlipressin and albumin was more effective in improving renal function in patients with cirrhosis and hepatorenal syndrome type I vs. albumin alone, according to data from a phase 3 clinical trial.

SAN DIEGO — Variation in duodenal microbiota was more pronounced in individuals with liver cirrhosis than in healthy controls, suggesting that these microbiota may be involved in cirrhosis, according to a presenter at DDW 2016.

The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis score combined with soluble CD163 marker successfully predicted significant portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis.