Health disparities in chronic liver disease

A Kardashian, M Serper, N Terrault, LD Nephew - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to
important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities …

Ethnicity, disease severity, and survival in Canadian patients with primary biliary cholangitis

SB Roberts, GM Hirschfield, LJ Worobetz… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims We investigated associations between ethnicity, survival,
and disease severity in a diverse Canadian cohort of patients with primary biliary cholangitis …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of socioeconomic factors on liver transplant survival outcomes in patients with autoimmune liver disease in the United States

L Sierra, A Marenco-Flores, R Barba, D Goyes… - Annals of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction and Objectives Autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs): autoimmune
hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) …

[HTML][HTML] Acute Liver Failure Etiology Determines Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation: An Analysis of the UNOS Database

NR Amaris, A Marenco-Flores, R Barba… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Acute liver failure (ALF) involves rapid liver injury, often leading to multi-organ
failure. Liver transplantation (LT) has improved survival rates, with US rates reaching 92 …

Influence of Acuity Circles on Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Interaction of Gender and Race in Liver Transplantation

A Manivannan, A Pillai, AM Liapakis… - Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of liver transplant allocation policy using acuity circles (ACs) on interactions
between race and gender on waitlist mortality or receipt of deceased donor liver transplant …

[HTML][HTML] African American race does not confer an increased risk of clinical events in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis

M Yazdanfar, J Zepeda, R Dean, J Wu… - Hepatology …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: The natural history of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) among African
Americans (AA) is not well understood. Methods: Transplant-free survival and hepatic …

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Associated With Distinct Hemodynamic Patterns in End-stage Liver Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

P Wattanachayakul, JMM Manzano, A Geller… - Journal of Clinical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Despite advances in the diagnosis and therapeutics strategies for pulmonary
hypertension (PH) in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD), the impact of …

[PDF][PDF] Outcome of liver transplantation for autoimmune hepatitis in South Africa

NM Siddiqui, K Hari, B Bobat, D Parbhoo, V Lala… - 2022 - gastrohepatoljournal.com
Summary Background: Liver Transplantation (LT) is the definitive treatment for Autoimmune
Hepatitis (AIH) in patients with decompensated cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatocellular …