Some 🌶🌶🌶 takes on some non #covid news
#livertwitter
🌶 don’t just do something, stand there!
Are we going to act on the mounting data that antibiotics may not improve outcomes in uncomplicated diverticulitis?
No diff in LOS in RCT of abx
Pmid: 32240832
@AGA_CGH
(See inclusion criteria)
🌶🌶🌶
Tired: sarcopenia
Wired: frailty/function
Pretransplant Gait speed predicted postop lung complications better sarcopenia
Limits: small pop of LDLT patients and an outcome that I am sure wasn’t their first choice! 😉
#AmJGastro #cirrhosis
🌶🌶🌶Mo benzos, mo problems
What happened when Medicare expanded coverage for benzos?
👉overdoses
👉falls in ppl>80yrs
@JAMANetworkOpen
Remember also:
#cirrhosis + benzos = not great idea
❗️#cirrhosis is $$$
🎤Chronic liver disease is incredibly costly and deserves more attention. @JAMANetworkOpen
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