Noradrenaline for Hepatorenal Syndrome in Patients With Acute on Chronic Liver Failure: Hope Remains!
Sandeep Satsangi – 19 September 2018
A Roadmap for Value‐Based Payment Models Among Patients With Cirrhosis
Michael L. Volk, Jessica Mellinger, Meena B. Bansal, Ziad F. Gellad, Mark McClellan, Fasiha Kanwal – 18 September 2018 – Healthcare reimbursement is shifting from fee‐for‐service to fee‐for‐value. Cirrhosis, which costs the U.S. healthcare system as much as heart failure, is a prime target for value‐based care. This article describes models in which physician groups or health systems are paid for improving quality and lowering costs for a given population of patients with cirrhosis.
Recommendations on the Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Collaborative Multicenter Studies in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Kristina I. Ringe, Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Emina Halibasic, Frank Wacker, Michael P. Manns, Christoph Schramm, Henrike Lenzen, on behalf of the MRI working group of the IPSCSG – 17 September 2018
Hepatology Highlights
Russell Rosenblatt, Nicholas Russo, Robert S. Brown, Nicole T. Shen, Robert E. Schwartz, Rachel Niec, Shawn Shah, Joseph F. Pisa, Vikas Gupta, Ashley Wu, Zaid H. Tafesh – 15 September 2018
Liver Transplantation for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis: Where Are We Now?
Moana Gelu‐Simeon, Philippe Mathurin – 15 September 2018
Validation of Risk Score in Predicting Early Readmissions in Decompensated Cirrhotic Patients: A Model Based on the Administrative Database
Khalid Mumtaz, Abdulfatah Issak, Kyle Porter, Sean Kelly, James Hanje, Anthony J. Michaels, Lanla F. Conteh, Ashraf El‐Hinnawi, Sylvester M. Black, Marwan S. Abougergi – 15 September 2018 – Early readmission in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis leads to an enormous burden on health care use. A retrospective cohort study using the 2013 and 2014 Nationwide Readmission Database (NRD) was conducted. Patients with a diagnoses of cirrhosis and at least one feature of decompensation were included. The primary outcome was to develop a validated risk model for early readmission.
Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatitis Attributed to Yellow Fever
Alice Tung Wan Song, Edson Abdala, Rodrigo Bronze de Martino, Luis Marcelo Sá Malbouisson, Ryan Yukimatsu Tanigawa, Guilherme Marques Andrade, Liliana Ducatti, Andre Mario Doi, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Michele Soares Gomes‐Gouvêa, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Rubens Macedo Arantes, Adriana Coracini Tonacio, Lécio Figueira Pinto, Luciana Bertocco Paiva Haddad, Vinicius Rocha Santos, Rafael Soares Nunes Pinheiro, Lucas Souto Nacif, Flávio Henrique Ferreira Galvão, Venancio Avancini Ferreira Alves, Wellington Andraus, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque – 15 September 2018
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15 September 2018
Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatitis Attributed to Yellow Fever
Alice Tung Wan Song, Edson Abdala, Rodrigo Bronze de Martino, Luis Marcelo Sá Malbouisson, Ryan Yukimatsu Tanigawa, Guilherme Marques Andrade, Liliana Ducatti, Andre Mario Doi, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Michele Soares Gomes‐Gouvêa, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Rubens Macedo Arantes, Adriana Coracini Tonacio, Lécio Figueira Pinto, Luciana Bertocco Paiva Haddad, Vinicius Rocha Santos, Rafael Soares Nunes Pinheiro, Lucas Souto Nacif, Flávio Henrique Ferreira Galvão, Venancio Avancini Ferreira Alves, Wellington Andraus, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque – 15 September 2018
Hepatology Highlights
Russell Rosenblatt, Nicholas Russo, Robert S. Brown, Nicole T. Shen, Robert E. Schwartz, Rachel Niec, Shawn Shah, Joseph F. Pisa, Vikas Gupta, Ashley Wu, Zaid H. Tafesh – 15 September 2018