Changes in the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and alcoholic liver disease among patients with cirrhosis or liver failure on the …

D Goldberg, IC Ditah, K Saeian, M Lalehzari… - Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Concurrent to development of more effective drugs for treatment of
hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, there has been an increase in the incidence of …

Systematic review: development of a consensus code set to identify cirrhosis in electronic health records

JE Shearer, JJ Gonzalez, T Min… - Alimentary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Background Electronic health records (EHRs) collate longitudinal data that can be
used to facilitate large‐scale research in patients with cirrhosis. However, there is no …

[PDF][PDF] Administrative coding in electronic health care record‐based research of NAFLD: an expert panel consensus statement

H Hagström, LA Adams, AM Allen, CD Byrne… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Electronic health record (EHR)‐based research allows the capture of
large amounts of data, which is necessary in NAFLD, where the risk of clinical liver …

Risk prediction models for post‐operative mortality in patients with cirrhosis

N Mahmud, Z Fricker, RA Hubbard, GN Ioannou… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Patients with cirrhosis are at increased risk of postoperative mortality.
Currently available tools to predict postoperative risk are suboptimally calibrated and do not …

Core concepts in pharmacoepidemiology: validation of health outcomes of interest within real‐world healthcare databases

EJ Weinstein, ME Ritchey… - … and drug safety, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Real‐world healthcare data, including administrative and electronic medical record
databases, provide a rich source of data for the conduct of pharmacoepidemiologic studies …

[PDF][PDF] Incidence and mortality of acute‐on‐chronic liver failure using two definitions in patients with compensated cirrhosis

N Mahmud, DE Kaplan, TH Taddei, DS Goldberg - Hepatology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The term acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) is intended to identify patients with chronic
liver disease who develop rapid deterioration of liver function and high short‐term mortality …

Hepatic decompensation in antiretroviral-treated patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus compared with hepatitis C Virus–monoinfected patients: a cohort …

VL Re III, MJ Kallan, JP Tate, AR Localio… - Annals of internal …, 2014 - acpjournals.org
Background: The incidence and determinants of hepatic decompensation have been
incompletely examined among patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in …

Statins are associated with a decreased risk of decompensation and death in veterans with hepatitis C–related compensated cirrhosis

A Mohanty, JP Tate, G Garcia-Tsao - Gastroenterology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Statins decrease portal pressure in patients with cirrhosis and increase
survival times of patients who have bled from varices. However, statins can be hepatotoxic. It …

Direct-acting antiviral therapy for HCV infection is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease events

AA Butt, P Yan, A Shuaib, AB Abou-Samra, OS Shaikh… - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Infection with hepatitis virus C (HCV) is associated with an increased
risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. It is not clear whether treatment with direct …

[PDF][PDF] An eastern hepatobiliary surgery hospital/portal vein tumor thrombus scoring system as an aid to decision making on hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma …

XP Zhang, YZ Gao, ZH Chen, MS Chen, LQ Li… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) is a significant poor prognostic factor for hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). Patients with PVTT limited to a first‐order branch of the main portal vein …