Decompensated Cirrhosis
Provider training alone may not be enough to improve advanced care planning
BOSTON — An educational program for transplant nurse coordinators did not improve advanced care planning among patients with decompensated cirrhosis, suggesting that provider training alone is “insufficient” to create significant change.
MELD-Na scores higher at 30-day readmission for decompensated cirrhosis during pandemic
CHICAGO — Patients readmitted to the hospital within 30 days for decompensated cirrhosis during the COVID-19 pandemic had fewer comorbidities but increased MELD-Na scores, according to data at Digestive Disease Week.
Mortality increases among transplantation recipients with COVID-19
Liver transplant candidates with decompensated cirrhosis who were infected with COVID-19 had increased mortality during the first and second waves of the pandemic, according to data published in Gut.
VS-01 safe, well tolerated in patients with decompensated cirrhosis
PPIs associated with bone fractures in men with cirrhosis
Diet, microbiota changes linked with minimal hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis
Changes in diet and microbiota were linked with minimal hepatic encephalopathy and hospitalizations in patients with cirrhosis from Mexico compared with American patients, according to research published in Liver International.