When I treat autoimmune hepatitis, I start at 20mg of prednisone and then I taper super slowly while the azathioprine (or MMF) takes effect What do you do, #liversky? Here’s a study that looks at rapid vs non-rapid tapers (retrospectively) doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Patty Bloom
@bloompringle.bsky.social
Transplant Hepatologist at Mayo Clinic| Hepatic encephalopathy, microbiome | AE at Hep Comm #LiverSky
This trial by @bloompringle.bsky.social will be seen as one of the most important in the field of FMT - 💩 transplant - for #cirrhosis Does the 💩 engraft? Does the 💩 work (improved barrier function)? This is why PPB is the future journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full... #liversky
Safety and efficacy of a defined bacterial consortium,... : Hepatology Communications
thods: We performed a single-center, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of VE303 in adult patients with a history of overt HE (NCT04899115). Eligible patients were taking lactulose and rifaximin, ...
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It's that time of the year again. In no particular order, I would like to share a few of #livertwitter in 2024 with #liversky These could be original research, guidance statement, position paper or editorial. This is def not an inclusive list. Feel free to add to the 🧵
FIRST BlueSky post Thrilled to be back at AASLD/EASL masterclass In just an hour our incredible team combined their different skills/interests into one beautiful team science proposal GO TEAMMAIT study 🥇 #LiverSky