Hepatology

Liver

• What Is the Likelihood That My Patient With Chronic Hepatitis C Will Develop Cirrhosis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, and/or Hepatic Decompensation?
• Seela Ramesh, MD
• Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD

• Do All Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Require a Liver Biopsy?
• Ramesh Ashwath, MD
• Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD

• Is There Anything I Can Do to Improve the Chance That an African American With Chronic Hepatitis C Will Respond to Peginterferon and Ribavirin?
• Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD

• Which Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B Require a Liver Biopsy?
• Wei Hou, MD
• Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD

• How Do I Treat a Patient Who Is Coinfected With Chronic Hepatitis B and C Viruses?
• Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD

• Is There a Simple Way to Treat a Patient Who Is Coinfected With Hepatitis B Virus and HIV?
• Richard K. Sterling, MD, MSc, FACP, FACG

• What Is the Best Screening Test for Genetic Hemochromatosis?
• Peter Dienhart, MD
• Jayanta Choudhury, MD
• Anastasios A. Mihas, MD, DMSc, FACP, FACG

• Do All Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis Require Immune Suppressive Medications?
• R. Todd Stravitz, MD

• Which Patients With Fatty Liver Disease on Ultrasound Require a Liver Biopsy?
• Arun J. Sanyal, MD
• B. Marie Reid, MD

• My Patient With Chronic Hepatitis C Also Has Evidence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis on His Liver Biopsy. What Can I Do to Increase His Chance of Responding to Peginterferon and Ribavirin Treatment?
• Opang Cheung, MD
• Arun J. Sanyal, MD

• Is Ursodeoxycholic Acid Effective for the Treatment of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis?
• B. Marie Reid, MD
• Velimir A. Luketic, MD

• My Patient With Ulcerative Colitis Recently Underwent a Total Colectomy for Severe Dysplasia. Does This Reduce the Risk That He Will Get Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis?
• Michael Fuchs, MD, PhD, FEBG

• Which Patients With Chronic Liver Disease Should I Screen for Hepatocellular Carcinoma?
• Douglas M. Heuman, MD
• Adil Habib, MD

• I Have Been Increasing the Dose of Diuretics in My Patient With Ascites Over Several Weeks. He Still Has Ascites but Has Now Developed an Elevation in Serum Creatinine to 2.0 mg/dL. What Should I Do?
• Douglas M. Heuman, MD
• Adil Habib, MD

• My Patient With Hepatic Encephalopathy Continues to Be Mildly Confused Despite Taking Lactulose Twice Daily and Having Multiple Episodes of Diarrhea Daily. Should I Increase the Dose Further?
• Douglas M. Heuman, MD
• Adil Habib, MD

• I Have Been Asked to See a Patient Who Had a Liver Transplant 5 Years Ago in Another State. He Has Not Been Seen by His Liver Transplant Center in 2 Years. His Serum Creatinine Is 2.5 mg/dl but His Liver Enzymes and Liver Function Tests are Normal. He Does Not Want to Go Back to His Transplant Center. What Should I Do?
• R. Todd Stravitz, MD