How do you treat coronavirus? Here are physicians’ best strategies By Kelly Servick, Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Catherine MatacicMar. 16, 2021 , 4:37 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. Ready or not, the patients were coming. This time last year, physicians around the world prepared, most for the first time in their careers, to treat a…
Vascular Liver Disorders, Portal Vein Thrombosis, and Procedural Bleeding in Patients With Liver Disease: 2020 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Patrick G. Northup et al. New Features and Changes From the Previous American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Guidelines An overview of the current understanding of…
Gut Microbiota in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome—A Systematic Review Rapat Pittayanon,et al. Background & Aims Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common but difficult to treat. Altering the gut microbiota has been proposed as a strategy for treatment of IBS, but the association between the gut microbiome and IBS symptoms has not been well…
Real-world experience with obeticholic acid in patients with primary biliary cholangitis Daphne D’Amato et al.Italian PBC Registry and the Club Epatologi Ospedalieri (CLEO)/Associazione Italiana Gastroenterologi ed Endoscopisti Digestivi Ospedalieri (AIGO) PBC Study Group Abstract Background & aims: Obeticholic acid (OCA) is the second-line treatment approved for patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and an inadequate response…
Comparative Effectiveness of Entecavir Versus Tenofovir for Preventing Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Shravan Dave et al. Abstract Background and Aims Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) can lead to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While both tenofovir disoproxil (TDF) and entecavir (ETV) have been shown to reduce the risk of…
European guidelines on microscopic colitis: United European Gastroenterology and European Microscopic Colitis Group statements and recommendations Stephan Miehlke et al. INTRODUCTION: Microscopic colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterised by normal or almost normal endoscopic appearance of the colon, chronic watery, nonbloody diarrhoea and distinct histological abnormalities, which identify three histological subtypes, the collagenous colitis,…