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Gain access to hundreds of hours of recorded sessions from Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2019 and earn CME credits with DDW On Demand.
Gain access to hundreds of hours of recorded sessions from Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2019 and earn CME credits with DDW On Demand.
R. Todd Stravitz, MD, FACP, FACG, FAASLD, and Jasmohan S. Bajaj, MD, AGAF, FACG, FAASLD, FRCP, discussed the management of acute liver failure and acute-on-chronic liver failure within the first 48 hours at an AASLD symposium on Monday, May 20, at DDW.
Although there are incredibly effective therapies for viral hepatitis, disruption of maternal to child transmission remains an important aspect of prevention. In this DDW News video, Nancy S. Reau, MD, FAASLD, discusses some of the challenges of treating expectant mothers with hepatitis B and C.
Michael R. Lucey, MD, FAASLD, will present Tuesday morning’s AASLD State-of-the-Art Lecture “Liver Transplantation for Extended Criteria Recipients.” The term ‘extended criteria’ is borrowed from the donor literature and doesn’t have a specific definition, he says.
Bruce R. Bacon, MD, AGAF, will deliver the “Morton I. Grossman Distinguished Lectureship” on Tuesday. Find out more about Dr. Bacon in this AGA Speaker Spotlight.
Nancy S. Reau, MD, FAASLD, discusses the worldwide prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C during pregnancy, and points to some of the resources available to gastroenterologists treating expectant mothers with viral hepatitis.
Patients with decompensated cirrhosis are known to have very high rates of hospitalization, putting increasing financial pressure on hospitals and physician groups to prevent these hospitalizations. A Sunday afternoon AASLD symposium — co-chaired by Elliot B. Tapper, MD, and Michael L. Volk, MD — will provide attendees with an overview of the problem.
A multidisciplinary panel will discuss current treatment options for benign solid and cystic liver masses, as well as the surgical and nonsurgical treatment options for hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma during Monday morning’s AASLD symposium “The Management of Liver Masses,” co-chaired by Chirag Desai, MD.
During Sunday’s AASLD symposium “Role of Gut Microbiome in NAFLD and Progression of Fibrosis,” an expert panel of clinician-scientists will discuss recent research that is shedding light on the gut microbiome’s impact on hepatobiliary disease. Rohit Loomba, MD, shares more.
Meena B. Bansal, MD, FAASLD, outlines some of the “best-of-the-best” liver abstracts submitted to DDW® that will be presented during two plenaries on Sunday and Monday.
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