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Collaborating with patients and caregivers to create web-based educational resources for people affected by cirrhosis

open access: yesPEC Innovation, 2023
Objective: To describe the development of multimodal, web-based educational resources about cirrhosis alongside patients and caregivers. Methods: We used an iterative process that was guided by the Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) patient ...
Emily Johnson   +6 more
doaj  

Liver Cirrhosis in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Would Oral Anticoagulation Have a Net Clinical Benefit for Stroke Prevention?

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
Background Patients with liver cirrhosis have been excluded from randomized clinical trials of oral anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.
Ling Kuo   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Characterizing the Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is the second‐most common inherited bleeding disorder worldwide, afflicting one in 4000–5000 people, and is the most morbid inherited bleeding disorder of women. HHT causes recurrent severe epistaxis, chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, heavy menstrual bleeding, and arteriovenous malformations in the ...
Hanny Al‐Samkari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lipocalin‐2 activates hepatic stellate cells and promotes nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in high‐fat diet–fed Ob/Ob mice

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Graphical summary of obesity‐induced NASH progression by LCN2 targeted to HSC activation. Abstract Background and Aims In obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, leptin promotes insulin resistance and contributes to the progression of NASH via activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs).
Kyung Eun Kim   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prediction of survival and analysis of prognostic factors for patients with AFP negative hepatocellular carcinoma: a population-based study

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology
Purpose Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a poor prognosis, and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is widely used to evaluate HCC. However, the proportion of AFP-negative individuals cannot be disregarded.
Chengyu Liu   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diabetes mellitus is a significant risk factor for the development of liver cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C patients

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
We explored the association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver cirrhosis in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). To examine the link between DM and liver cirrhosis, we conducted a case-control
Xu Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mortality and Cancer Incidence After Exposure to Blue Asbestos in Childhood: A Further 10 Years of Follow‐Up

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives The impact of early‐life exposure to asbestos on disease risk remains uncertain. Childhood exposure to blue asbestos at Wittenoom has previously been linked to the development of malignant mesothelioma and various cancers in adulthood, as well as to a greater risk of all‐cause mortality compared with the general population.
Renee N. Carey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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