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In what cases do you use baclofen for alcohol use disorder?

How would you approach the management of asymptomatic ALT and GGT elevation in an older adult patient with depression with psychosis and without history of hepatitis who recently had dose of quetiapine increased and new initiation of SNRI?

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How do you determine whether to limit volume removal during therapeutic paracentesis in a patient without acute or chronic kidney disease?

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Do you recommend the use of SGLT2 inhibitors to reduce the risk of liver cirrhosis in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus?

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How do people approach non-HIV patients with hepatitis B, a negative Hepatitis B E antigen, normal LFTs and relatively low HBV DNA between 2000-20000?

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How do you determine the optimal time to restart a diuretic in a patient with cirrhosis, ascites, and lower extremity edema who presented with acute kidney injury that resolved with IV albumin and holding diuretics?

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What treatments have you found most effective for cholestatic pruritus?

I have a patient with recently diagnosed primary biliary cholangitis/cirrhosis (PBC) with SSc. Her laboratory values are within normal limits, but end...

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Is there a role for the use of transient elastography (FibroScan) to monitor liver fibrosis in patients on long term methotrexate?

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How do you monitor patients with incidentally found high titer anti-smooth muscle antibodies without stigmata of liver disease?

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How do you approach an obese patient on long-term methotrexate with normal liver tests in terms of workup for underlying fatty liver?

Would you start with a baseline ultrasound and then pursue further workup such as fibroscan if fatty liver is present, or other?

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Medizinische Klinik (Munich, Germany : 1983), 2002-11-15

[Prevalence of circulating autoantibodies in healthy individuals].

Journal for scientific research. Medical sciences, 2001 Apr

Occurence of autoantibodies in healthy Omani individuals.

Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018 Oct 08

Tailored-Dose Baclofen in the Management of Alcoholism: A Retrospective Study of 144 Outpatients Followed for 3 Years in a French General Practice.

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2018 Sep 25

Risk of hospitalisation and death related to baclofen for alcohol use disorders: Comparison with nalmefene, acamprosate, and naltrexone in a cohort study of 165 334 patients between 2009 and 2015 in France.

The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2020 Aug 04

Individualized, High-Dose Baclofen for Reduction in Alcohol Intake in Persons With High Levels of Consumption.

Lancet (London, England), 2013-02-09

Regression of cirrhosis during treatment with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for chronic hepatitis B: a 5-year open-label follow-up study.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2018 Apr

Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance.

Clinics in liver disease, 2023 Jul 27

Chronic Hepatitis B: Treat all Who Are Viremic?

International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 Mar 13

SGLT-2 Inhibitors in NAFLD: Expanding Their Role beyond Diabetes and Cardioprotection.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2012 Apr

Albumin infusion in patients undergoing large-volume paracentesis: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.

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