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Hepatologist. #LiverSky / LiverLand. #MedSky. #cirrhosis Academic Chief of Hepatology at University of Michigan. Editor, Hepatology Communications. Kid Chauffeur
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You must have heard and read about ‘out of sequence’ organ #transplants from @sumitmohan.bsky.social ‘s work Read this www.nytimes.com/interactive/... in the @nytimes.com with excellent graphics to understand the broken US organ transplant system (free link) #NephSky #MedSky

Trends in authorship in GI and Hepatology journals From Tsai et al in Hep Comm journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full... @brettefortune.bsky.social

From @ebtapper.bsky.social on Menteering Take charge of this relationship - the art of menteering You can get a lot more out of a mentor if you put more planning into every meeting. Show up with specific questions & goals for each meeting www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...

Every year I feel so fortunate to be part of this #LiverCancer community with these amazing friends who are true leaders sharing a common goal!! Amongst the beautiful chaos that is life, it’s important to find your passion and your people 💚. That’s a wrap @hcclive.bsky.social

Have flown through ORD for a Torta

#liversky Rajiv is here @rajivjalan.bsky.social

This trial by @bloompringle.bsky.social will be seen as one of the most important in the field of FMT - 💩 transplant - for #cirrhosis Does the 💩 engraft? Does the 💩 work (improved barrier function)? This is why PPB is the future journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full... #liversky

PORPHYRIA?!?! involvement of the liver in EPP / XLP and its consequences journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full... #liversky

Strauss shows that we can automate the identification of fat in the liver from scans in the ED using LLM / ChatGPT journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full... #liversky

ACLF carries a lower post transplant survival, accounting for selection bias A methodological leap forward for liver transplant research in this paper by Tanaka #liversky journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...

In most people with cirrhosis, acetaminophen (up to 2g/day) is a safer analgesic than NSAIDs (kidneys, GI mucosa) or opioids (CNS function, gut motility) Spreading the word from @shreyatrivedimd.bsky.social @ebtapper.bsky.social

This paper from @neeharparikh.bsky.social rocked He asked patients what they want most in a liver cancer screening test using a discrete choice-based conjoint survey pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33618022/ #liversky

This is a great video about the cold fusion fiasco false positives often distract us at great personal and financial costs. This is true for clinical false positives and research false positives Somethings too good or wild to be true. Errors in measurement are common youtu.be/jn92eWhGG14

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NIH funding at @UMich supports important medical research, such as extending the life of organs waiting for transplant, advancing treatments for cerebral palsy, and sustaining experimental genetic trials for children with brain cancer.

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Pregnancy and the liver 1. Comorbid disease 2. Liver disease caused by pregnancy 3. Drug safety 4. Ongoing trials @thelancet.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/s014...

Link was broken pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39921823/

Lieber is a liver leader We want our patients to thrive after transplant She advocates for tailored, enriched POST transplant care for people at risk of poor outcomes And it is about time #liversky

I learned that several patients in our practice have had their carvedilol prescriptions refused by the pharmacist because it is contraindicated in cirrhosis 1. No 2. Please talk to the doctor / prescriber before saying something like this to a patient #liversky

Fantastic 📰 @liverthedream.bsky.social ✨ALD is📈prevalent! ✨Abstinence from🍸🍺 is the ONLY available tx to 🛑 progression of 🍸-related injury ✨#liversky MUST🪜up to treat AUD, 💊 are safe➕ effective @rbataller.bsky.social @juanpabloarab.bsky.social @ebtapper.bsky.social www.aasld.org/liver-fellow...

What @rabataller.bsky.social says is the way #liversky

Great review of hemangiomas, FNH, & more by @renumathyd.bsky.social! I encourage all learners to read the classic imaging features. ✅️Review the imaging yourself ✅️Follow up if >5cm ✅️Biopsy for atypical appearance journals.lww.com/hepcomm/fullte… @jhepatology.bsky.social #Liversky #GITwitter

many have been convinced to buy supplements recommended by influencers who promise better health rarely they cause life threatening side effects. Like liver failure But influencers aren’t there to help when 💩 goes down.

The rates and reasons for ethics consultation in cirrhosis care 0.2% incidence Mainly due to issues of surrogate decision making and miscommunication #liversky trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...

Wherein @jonathanstinemd.bsky.social spills all his secrets for improving outcomes in #masld journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full... #liversky

Patients want to know that you want to help them “You are too complicated” is not something they want to hear in a time of need

I spend a lot of time in clinic talking about PPAR Here is a GREAT review pdfs.journals.lww.com/hepcomm/2025... #liversky

pdfs.journals.lww.com/hepcomm/2025... The causes of SBP in todays patients #liversky

BREAKING: rifaximin and simvastatin did not help people with decompensated cirrhosis Congratulations to Elisa Pose And congrats to @jama.com for getting this paper #liversky t.co/BuPL0mURhl

Observation about observational studies If you adopt target trial emulation, you are going to get a lot of negative results The bar is higher But sometimes you get a positive result. And that makes it a LOT easier to publish. Cc @neeharparikh.bsky.social for no particular reason

Checking B12 and folate for delirium What is this?

Hi Bluesky! We're really pleased to join everyone here and wanted to introduce ourselves. We're the UK's biggest #LiverHealth charity. We've recently merged with Children's Liver Disease Foundation - and together we support people of all ages affected by #LiverDisease and #LiverCancer.

Hope, hurdles, and hazards The role of statins in MASLD a privilege to write this editorial with @NKimer www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... On the terrific original article by @Dr_KMCoop @DeepikaDevuniMD www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Who did this to @bealoquebea.bsky.social timeline?! ibd-eii.com/timeline/

Any other liver docs think this fad of putting mushroom powder in everything a bit sus? 😆 From a UK supermarket @ebtapper.bsky.social