Front-line providers minimally could check HBV DNA and ALT during pregnancy to assess mother‐to‐child transmission risk but HBeAg is recommended to be included in the initial HBV evaluation to get a more comprehensive understanding of the patient’s HBV disease state.
Because after hepatitis B viral suppression the cause and intervention for elevated alanine aminotransferase is somewhat unknown, investigators conducted a real-world study.
Researchers of studies on the effect of conflict-driven migration on rates of hepatitis indicate that mass migration from high-burden countries has significantly increased the prevalence of both hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the host nation.
Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and comorbidities, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), clinically significant portal hypertension, and cirrhosis were shown to have significantly higher survival rates when treatment included directly acting antiviral agent (DAA) therapy, according to the results of several studies presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases’ The Liver…
New diagnostic tools used to identify hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) utilize simple questionnaires and emergency medical records (EMR) to alert physicians in both primary care and high-volume care settings about patients at risk for viral hepatitis infection or reactivation. The results of these studies were presented at the American Association…
Pegylated-interferon (PEG-IFN) added to nucleos(t)ide analog (NA) treatment may be associated with hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) decline and once HbsAg-seroclearance is achieved, discontinuation of NA is not associated with a higher risk for HbsAg-reversion.
Data from 4 studies presented at The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases’ The Liver Meeting 2019, held November 8 to 12 in Boston, Massachusetts, report on safety, effectiveness, and best practice approaches in patients with chronic hepatitis B, including non- and low-responders and obese patients.
Switching from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) to tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) is safe and effective in patients with chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and was linked to improvements in bone, renal, and kidney function.
In a large cross-sectional study of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, cannabis use was inversely associated with diabetes.
A patient-centered educational intervention for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can improve overall HBV care in underserved safety-net populations.
