Patty Bloom

When I treat autoimmune hepatitis, I start at 20mg of prednisone and then I taper super slowly while the azathioprine (or MMF) takes effect

What do you do, #liversky?

Here’s a study that looks at rapid vs non-rapid tapers (retrospectively)

doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

Safety and efficacy of a defined bacterial consortium,... : Hepatology Communications thods: We performed a single-center, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of VE303 in adult patients with a history of overt HE (NCT04899115). Eligible patients were taking lactulose and rifaximin, ...

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

In #CTGjournal:
The Misdiagnosis and Underdiagnosis of Hepatic Encephalopathy
Patricia Bloom, MD

➡️ bit.ly/40naxJJ

@bloompringle.bsky.social

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It's that time of the year again. In no particular order, I would like to share a few of #livertwitter in 2024 with #liversky

These could be original research, guidance statement, position paper or editorial. This is def not an inclusive list. Feel free to add to the 🧵

Savannah, GA ☀️

(Not exactly Paris but still very nice 😉)

OUR TEAM WON

Proud mama over here

FIRST BlueSky post

Thrilled to be back at AASLD/EASL masterclass

In just an hour our incredible team combined their different skills/interests into one beautiful team science proposal

GO TEAMMAIT study 🥇

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