Wong yujun
@wong_yujun
Aspiring Hepatologist with research interest in #portal_hypertension #hcv #cirrhosis | #fellow @UAlbertaGI | EASLsocialmedia
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yu-Jun-Wong-2 17-03-2021 15:46:23
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📢Discover this #EASLStudio episode to learn more about how the gut #microbiome impacts liver health:
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Our RCT➡️⬇️ #alcohol drinking post #FMT in #cirrhosis pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32750174
Question
Are #microbiota enough for this ? YES!
Stools, but🚫supernatants from pts post #FMT ⬇️drinking in GF mice thru #SCFA
⬆️ #intestine RNAseq changes>>liver or brain
Read⤵️
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Our important novel study of largest pTIPSS patients to date - no difference in survival between pTIPSS <72h vs 3-28days. 72h timeframe is impractical & based on historic rebleeding data. #livertwitter
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ap…
#MentoringAdvice When I was on call in the past, I asked my fellows: please call me if you have any doubt.
Only Juan Turnes and Juan G Abraldes used to call me, and they are now very successful.
ASKING for HELP is not a sign of weakness, but shows self-confidence.
#livertwitter
Under-utilization of #NSBB in compensated #cirrhosis
👉🏻We need to do more to 🌉 between guidelines and clinical practice.
Thanks for highlighting this! #LiverTwitter #Gitwitter
Evaluation of practice of beta blockers prescription in patients with compensated cirrhosis in Asia Pacific region. #livertwitter
doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh…
Happy to share our new article in press GIE 🔥
In our PS analysis, we found that prophylactic clipping 🛠 did not reduce risk of post-polypectomy #bleeding 🩸 in #aspirin users 💊
CUHK Medicine CUHK Gastroenterology & Hepatology Francis KL Chan Raymond Tang Rashid Lui 雷諾信
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36209766/
Questions from Mattias Mandorfer, answers from Aldo J. Montano-Loza
❓Why is graft rejection not used as an endpoint?
🗣️Was not asscociated with worse clinical outcomes
❓Or time-dependent covariate?
🗣️Small number and difficult to analyse
#EASLJC #LiverTwitter
Don't miss the next #EASLJC
Start preparing by reading the Journal of Hepatology article:
👉journal-of-hepatology.eu/cms/10.1016/j.…
Registration coming soon!
rajmookerjee poisson johanne Ahmed Elsharkawy Virginia
I've been loving UMichGIHep-Fellowship GR lectures - Dr Sanogo discussed endovascular management of portal HTN
Many benefits of TIPS: alleviation of portal HTN,⬆️iontrophic🫀function, improved renal function
BRTO: can improve isolated gastric varices but ⬆️portal pressures
#livertwitter
Adverse events in the placebo arm of NASH trials
➡️ 68% on placebo experience AEs
➡️ Pruritus in 10% receiving placebo in bile modulating agents trials
➡️ Useful comparator/benchmark for AEs in trials
New data from Rohit Loomba Mark Muthiah AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology
journals.lww.com/ajg/abstract/9…
Elliot Tapper Lorenz Balcar Thomas Reiberger All things considered, stage will always be key (see NAFLD/NASH activity vs. fibrosis discussion), but the only thing that you can modify at a given point is the speed of traveling.