In the 📕 #RedJournal :

Prevalence and Characteristics of Covert/Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Lv, et al.

👉 bit.ly/3vJWanK

We had the privilege to host the great Jasmohan Bajaj for grand rounds UNC Gastroenterology ! Lots of learning about💩 and the🧠!

Great talk today by Jasmohan Bajaj . The gut brain interaction is complex indeed! Jas is leading the way for improved care for our patients with encephalopathy.

🎙️ Author Podcast 🎙️

ACG Clinical Guidelines - Management of Acute Pancreatitis
Scott Tenner, MD, MPH, JD, FACG

Listen: gi.org/journals-publi…
Read: bit.ly/acg-acute-panc…
Santhi Swaroop Vege Bryan Sauer MD MSc Allison Yang, MD, MPH Darwin L Conwell, MD, MSc, FACG Rena Yadlapati Millie Long Jasmohan Bajaj

Pts with #HCC frequently face several lesions at once or over time. Our experience using ablative RT ☢️ on multiple lesions shows excellent outcomes & safety ✅

We're prospectively gathering toxicity data & PROs to validate these findings. More here:

tinyurl.com/yw8t8exa

Important The New York Times article from Dana Smith on the insidious and deadly nature of alcohol-associated liver disease with important input from Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, Dr. Mellinger, Rohit Loomba and @RJWong333

nytimes.com/2024/03/04/wel….

Wrapping up a productive AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology Retreat, led by Millie Long & Jasmohan Bajaj!
The📕 wouldn’t be what it is without the hard work of this team, especially our incredible staff!

ACG

Intense brainstorming session at AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology #RedJournal retreat

Great seeing everyone in person in New Orleans!

Congrats to UNC Gastroenterology super🌟 Gabi Ritaccio & team on this scoping review of values elicitation tools for treatment decisions in HCC revealing many important treatment attributes for patients and providers

Thanks to AASLD Foundation for funding support!

bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Do your patients with hepatic encephalopathy struggle with titrating lactulose?

Help may be on the way - pilot study in AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology on an AI-enabled app to guide lactulose titration with Bristol stool scale showing high adherence and satisfaction

journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/9…

In this clip, Nneka N. Ufere, MD MSCE, a transplant hepatologist at MGH (@MassGeneralNews), explains why it’s important to have conversations with end-of-life care with patients, even those who may receive an organ transplant. Full episode available now: nej.md/itt-ep26

In this month's AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology 📕

🔑Cirrhosis readmissions are common

☹️Most readmissions are not preventable

🧠🫄Preventable readmissions often related to ascites and HE

🏥Preventable readmissions⬆️in racial and ethnic minorities and non-married patients

journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2…

Our very own Maria Reig delivers her talk about treatment for HCC patients with impaired liver function at #livercancersummit by EASLnews. A majot unmet need Hospital Clínic IDIBAPS CIBERehd

In this month's AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology #RedSection

Approach to hepatic adenomas in hormonally distinct populations

Traditional risk factors (β-catenin, male sex at birth, estrogen OCPs) well-established but data on hormone doses/levels and adenoma behavior needed

journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2…

COVID-19 led to unprecedented declines in cancer surveillance

How was GI cancer incidence/mortality affected?

This is addressed in new AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology article
•Incidence stable 2016-19
•Incidence⬇️in 2020 (most for CRC and HCC)
•CRC and EAC deaths⬆️in 2020
journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2…

Ultrasound is recommended for HCC surveillance but visualization of small lesions is often limited in patients with steatotic liver disease, obesity and/or cirrhosis.

In AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology, US + visualization score shown to be a cost effective strategy in MASLD

journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/9…

In the 📕 #RedJournal :

The Rising Costs of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease in the United States
Julien, et al.
👉 bit.ly/48k6kIM
Elliot Tapper

ACG Clinical Guideline: Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease by Jophlin and Singal, et al.
👉 bit.ly/AJG-EtOH-Guide…

Honoring the Legacy of Renowned Gastroenterologist Dr. Eugene Bozymski | Department of Medicine med.unc.edu/medicine/news/…

What a pleasure to provide an update on our project to the esteemed group at BCLC GROUP led by Maria Reig

Huge honor to present to BCLC GROUP with Andrew Moon. We provide an update on this important collaboration to define the role of EBRT in #HCC .

Thank you for the invitation Maria Reig Meritxell Mollà IDIBAPS Hospital Clínic CIBERehd