Expanded Study Shows App Reduces Readmissions for Cirrhosis Patients

A patient- and caregiver-targeted app reduced avoidable hospital readmissions in cirrhosis patients compared with ...

MARCH 18, 2025

Expert Picks From ACG 2024: Part 1

In this first installment of Expert Picks from ACG 2024, Brooks D. Cash, MD, FACG, discusses six abstracts from the ...

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Expert Picks From EASL 2024

Ashwani K. Singal, MD, MS, highlights four abstracts from EASL Congress 2024.

OCTOBER 30, 2024

When to Start Enteral Nutrition in Patients With GI Disease

Clinicians should consider starting enteral nutrition as soon as there is a risk for malnutrition due to inadequate ...

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Combination Therapy Reduces Readmissions for Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy

Use of rifaximin within 30 days of discharge is related to lower readmissions in patients with overt hepatic ...

JULY 14, 2023

Hepatic Encephalopathy May Be Misdiagnosed as Dementia

Dementia and hepatic encephalopathy were strongly associated in a analysis of U.S. veterans with cirrhosis, but the ...

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Rising Toll of Hepatic Encephalopathy

Hospital charges for patients with hepatic encephalopathy nearly doubled between 2007 and 2013, rising from just ...

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Hospital Protocol Reduces Mortality From Hepatic Encephalopathy

New York—A management protocol for hepatic encephalopathy can lead to substantial reductions in length of ...

JULY 23, 2018

Mobile App Linked to Fewer Readmissions for HE

Patients with cirrhosis can avoid readmissions for hepatic encephalopathy by using a new mobile app that helps them ...

AUGUST 29, 2017

Albumin Plus Lactulose Adds Survival Benefit To HE Treatment

Boston—The addition of albumin to lactulose significantly improves outcomes for patients with cirrhosis and ...

JUNE 7, 2017

Management of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a dreaded complication of portal hypertension whose onset signifies decompensation ...

MAY 19, 2017