Hepatology

  • What is the hepatitis B vaccination regimen in chronic kidney disease?

    Kheng Yong Ong, BSc (Pharm) (Hons), Hong Yun Wong, BSc (Pharm) (Hons) and Giat Yeng Khee, PharmD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 32-34;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17017

    • For those with advanced chronic kidney disease, the authors recommend a higher dose, more doses, or both.

  • Another complication of cirrhosis

    Gregory W. Rutecki, MD, Houriya Ayoubieh, MD and Eyas Alkhalili, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 701-706;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16084

    • A patient with cirrhosis presents with acute abdominal pain and shock.

  • Which patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease should undergo liver biopsy?

    Christina C. Lindenmeyer, MD and Arthur J. McCullough, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 273-275;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16029

    • Patients should undergo biopsy to guide management and prognosis if suspected of having steatohepatitis or fibrosis.

  • Bleeding esophageal varices: Who should receive a shunt?

    Ghassoub Rifai, MD, Zade Akras and Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 199-201;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15149

    • A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt can prevent repeated variceal bleeding and control refractory ascites.

  • Update on viral hepatitis in pregnancy

    Zhili Shao, MD, PhD, Mohammad Al Tibi, MD and Jamilé Wakim-Fleming, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 202-206;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15139

    • Indications for treatment may be different from those in the general population. New treatments are available.

  • Air leakage in multiple compartments after endoscopy

    Amanda Grippen Goddard, DO, Bryan McConomy, MD, Girish Bathla, MBBS, FRCR, Muhammad Furqan, MBBS and William B. Silverman, MD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2016, 83 (10) 705-707;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15168

    • An attempt to cannulate the common bile duct led to abdominal pain and distention and crepitus of the right chest wall.

  • Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: The role of ADAMTS13

    Heesun J. Rogers, MD, PhD, Charles Allen, DO and Alan E. Lichtin, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 597-603;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15009

    • ADAMTS13 testing is useful in diagnosing this disease, guiding therapy, and predicting relapse.

  • Acute liver failure (June 2016)

    Howard Homler, MD, FACP
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 557;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.08005

    • Readers comment on managing acute liver failure (June 2016)

  • In reply: Acute liver failure (June 2016)

    Tavankit Singh, MD, Nancy Gupta, MD, Naim Alkhouri, MD, William D. Carey, MD and Ibrahim Hanouneh, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 557;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.08006

  • Renal failure in HCV cirrhosis

    Chitra Deepak Punjabi, MD, Yu Kuang Lai, MD, Manjula Balasubramanian, MD and Imara Dissanayake, MD, FACP
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 583-588;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15106

    • The patient was diagnosed with hepatitis C 15 years ago; now, his kidneys are failing.

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