A Survey Assessing Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Knowledge Among Hepatologists and Non‐Hepatologists in China by Laura Colombo

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Endohepatology: The endoscopic armamentarium in the hand of the hepatologist by Ahmed Alwassief, Said Al-Busafi, Qasim L Abbas, Khalid Al Shamusi, Sarto C Paquin, Anand V Sahai

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Autophagy: A Primer for the Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist by Christiane Sokollik, Michelle Ang, Nicola L Jones

“…Defective autophagy has recently been linked to a diverse range of disease processes of relevance to gastroenterologists and hepatologists including Crohn’s disease, pancreatitis, hepatitis and cancer. …”
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Percutaneous Liver Biopsy Practice Patterns Among Canadian Hepatologists by Mohammed Aljawad, Eric M Yoshida, Julia Uhanova, Paul Marotta, Natasha Chandok

“…BACKGROUND: Percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) is the standard procedure to obtain histological samples essential for the management of various liver diseases. While safe, many hepatologists no longer perform their own PLBs; the reasons for this practice shift are unknown.…”
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The leading and key role of hepatologists in the multidisciplinary management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by Juan Ignacio Marín, Margarita Anders, Aline Chagas, Josemaría Menéndez, Oscar Beltran, Enrique Carrera Estupiñan, Javier Diaz Ferrer, Angelo A. Mattos, Federico Piñero

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International survey among hepatologists and pulmonologists on the hepatic hydrothorax: plea for recommendations by Jean-François David Cadranel, Isabelle Ollivier-Hourmand, Jacques Cadranel, Thierry Thevenot, Honoré Zougmore, Eric Nguyen-Khac, Christophe Bureau, Manon Allaire, Jean-Baptiste Nousbaum, Véronique Loustaud-Ratti, Xavier Causse, Philippe Sogni, Bertrand Hanslik, Marc Bourliere, Jean-Marie Peron, Nathalie Ganne-Carrie, Thong Dao, Dominique Thabut, Bernard. Maitre, Nabil Debzi, Ryad Smadhi, Roger Sombie, Raimi Kpossou, Olivier Nouel, Julien Bissonnette, Isaac Ruiz, Mourad Medmoun, Sergio Negrin Dastis, Pierre Deltenre, Florent Artru, Chantal Raherison, Laure Elkrief, Tristan Lemagoarou

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Palliative Care Always: Hepatology—Virtual Primary Palliative Care Training for Hepatologists by Jan C. DeNofrio, Manisha Verma, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Victor Navarro, Tamar H. Taddei, Michael L. Volk, Marie Bakitas, Kavitha Ramchandran

“…As part of a cluster randomized trial, hepatologists were trained to deliver primary palliative care to patients with ESLD using an online course, Palliative Care Always: Hepatology (PCA:Hep). …”
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National Early Career Transplant Hepatologist Survey: Compensation, Burnout, and Job Satisfaction by Michael Kriss, Helen S. Te, Elizabeth C. Verna, Lisa B. VanWagner, Frank I. Scott, Jennifer C. Lai

“…We aimed to conduct a comprehensive assessment of early career transplant hepatologists to fill these voids in knowledge and to inform current and future transplant hepatologists. …”
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Has the Time Come for Cardiologists to Be Hepatologists? by Mohamed H. Ahmed, Salma Barakat, Ahmed O. Almobarak

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Electronic Consultations to Hepatologists Reduce Wait Time for Visits, Improve Communication, and Result in Cost Savings by Indira Bhavsar, Jennifer Wang, Sean M. Burke, Kimberly Dowdell, R. Ann Hays, Nicolas M. Intagliata

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Practice Habits, Knowledge, and Attitudes of Hepatologists to Alcohol Use Disorder Medication: Sobering Gaps and Opportunities by Thomas G. Cotter, MB, BCh, Fares Ayoub, MD, Andrea C. King, PhD, Kapuluru Gautham Reddy, PhD, Michael Charlton, MBBS

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Indications for Interferon/Ribavirin Therapy in Hepatitis C Patients: Findings from a Survey of Canadian Hepatologists by Peter Wang, Qilong Yi, Linda Scully, Jenny Heathcote, Murray Krahn

“…OBJECTIVE: To survey practising hepatologists about their attitudes and practices regarding interferon and ribavirin combination therapy for hepatitis C (HCV) patients in Canada.…”
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis medical patient journey from the perspective of hepatologists, gastroenterologists and patients: a cross-sectional survey by Mary Rinella, Donna R. Cryer, Amy Articolo, Travis Fisher, Jennifer Schneider, Karl Nadolsky

“…Hepatologists/gastroenterologists (68%) and patients (52%) agree that hepatologists/gastroenterologists are the primary coordinators of NASH care. …”
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Can FIB4 and NAFLD fibrosis scores help endocrinologists refer patients with non-alcoholic fat liver disease to a hepatologist? by Rodrigo Bremer Nones, Cláudia Pontes Ivantes, Maria Lucia Alves Pedroso

“…ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of mathematical models used in non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients to determine when the patient needs to be referred to a hepatologist. Subjects and methods Patients referred by endocrinologists to the liver outpatient departments in two hospitals in Curitiba, Brazil, over a 72-month period were analyzed. …”
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Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Iron Therapy for Patients Presenting with Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Survey of Canadian Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists by Kyle J. Fortinsky, Myriam Martel, Roshan Razik, Gillian Spiegle, Zane R. Gallinger, Samir C. Grover, Katerina Pavenski, Adam V. Weizman, Lukasz Kwapisz, Sangeeta Mehta, Sarah Gray, Alan N. Barkun

“…A web-based survey was sent to 500 gastroenterologists and hepatologists across Canada. The survey included clinical vignettes where physicians were asked to choose transfusion thresholds. …”
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Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Society of Surgeons, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Surgeons-Hepatologists and the Endoscopic Society “REndO” on Diagnostics and Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis by V. T. Ivashkin, A. G. Kriger, A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Anischenko, S. S. Kardasheva, S. A. Alekseenko, S. F. Bagnenko, M. I. Bykov, S. A. Budzinskiy, I.  M. Buriev, V. A. Vishnevskiy, E. I. Galperin, V. P. Glabay, V. R. Goltsov, T. G. Dyuzheva, G. G. Karmazanovskiy, M. P. Korolev, D. M. Krasilnikov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, I. V. Maev, N. A. Maystrenko, M. F. Osipenko, M. I. Prudkov, V. I. Simanenkov, E. G. Solonitsin, A. V. Fedorov, E. D. Fedorov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. V. Shabunin, S. G. Shapovalyants, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

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Nutritional assessment in patients with chronic liver disease – Current accessibility and implementation by Daphne Bot, Maarten E. Tushuizen, Bart van Hoek

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Characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus who received direct‐acting antiviral therapy and achieved sustained virological response: The impact of a hepatologist on surveillance by Toshifumi Tada, Takashi Kumada, Tomomitsu Matono, Shinichiro Nakamura, Masahiko Sue, Yu Matsuo, Masahiro Takatani, Hiroko Iijima, Junko Tanaka

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Narrowing the Patient–Physician Gap Based on Self-Reporting and Monthly Hepatologist Feedback for Patients With Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: Interventional Pilot Study Using a Journaling Smartphone App by Noriyo Yamashiki, Kyoko Kawabata, Miki Murata, Shunichiro Ikeda, Takako Fujimaki, Kanehiko Suwa, Toshihito Seki, Eiji Aramaki, Makoto Naganuma

“…Using the physician’s view, a treating hepatologist gave feedback via comments to patients at each visit. …”
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Classification of Early Stages of NAFLD Based on Dual Diagnostic Methods by Iulian Secrieru, Svetlana Cojocaru, Constantin Gaindric, Olga Popcova, Svetlana Turcan

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