Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Iron Therapy for Patients Presenting with Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Survey of Canadian Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists by Kyle J. Fortinsky, Myriam Martel, Roshan Razik, Gillian Spiegle, Zane R. Gallinger, Samir C. Grover, Katerina Pavenski, Adam V. Weizman, Lukasz Kwapisz, Sangeeta Mehta, Sarah Gray, Alan N. Barkun

“…A web-based survey was sent to 500 gastroenterologists and hepatologists across Canada. The survey included clinical vignettes where physicians were asked to choose transfusion thresholds. …”
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Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Society of Surgeons, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Surgeons-Hepatologists and the Endoscopic Society “REndO” on Diagnostics and Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis by V. T. Ivashkin, A. G. Kriger, A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Anischenko, S. S. Kardasheva, S. A. Alekseenko, S. F. Bagnenko, M. I. Bykov, S. A. Budzinskiy, I.  M. Buriev, V. A. Vishnevskiy, E. I. Galperin, V. P. Glabay, V. R. Goltsov, T. G. Dyuzheva, G. G. Karmazanovskiy, M. P. Korolev, D. M. Krasilnikov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, I. V. Maev, N. A. Maystrenko, M. F. Osipenko, M. I. Prudkov, V. I. Simanenkov, E. G. Solonitsin, A. V. Fedorov, E. D. Fedorov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. V. Shabunin, S. G. Shapovalyants, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

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Delayed Diagnosis of Crigler-Najjar Disease: A Case Report of a 17-Year-Old Man with Progressive Jaundice by Pedram Beigvand, Niloofar Moradi, Sepehr Ramezani, Faezeh Firuzpour

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Secondary Budd–Chiari syndrome caused by renal cell carcinoma with hepatic vein invasion: case report by Adil Ibrahim, Tasabeeh Ahmed, Rayan Khalid, Imad Fadl-Elmula

“…Before the best treatment option decided, a hepatologist was call for consultations and according to him surgical intervention with a post-operative anticoagulant therapy is the best option due to the extension of a tumor thrombus. …”
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Factors to Improve the Management of Hepatitis C in Drug Users: An Observational Study in an Addiction Centre by Joseph Moussalli, Helene Delaquaize, Dominique Boubilley, Jean Pierre Lhomme, Jules Merleau Ponty, David Sabot, Anne Kerever, Marc Valleur, Thierry Poynard

“…In 2002, patients were sent to the hospital. with the Starting of 2003, patients were offered standard of care HCV management in the center by a team of general practitioners, a consultant hepatologist, psychiatrists, nurses, and a health counsellor. …”
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Efficacy and safety of the first domestic pegilated interferon alpha-2b «Pegaltevir» at chronic hepatitis C: pilot data of phase III clinical study by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. Bessonova, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. G. Morozov, V. D. Pasechnikov, I. Yu. Khomenko, A. V. Yagoda

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Correction of Thrombocytopenia before Elective Surgery / Invasive Procedures in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis (Experts’ Agreement) by M. V. Maevskaya, M. Yu. Nadinskaia, E. N. Bessonova, N. I. Geyvandova, M. S. Zharkova, E. A. Kitsenko, N. V. Korochanskaya, I. A. Kurkina, A. L. Melikyan, V. G. Morozov, Yu. V. Khoronko, T. A. Deeva, K. A. Gulyaeva, V. T. Ivashkin

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Parallel randomised trial testing community fibrosis assessment for suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: outcomes from LOCATE-NAFLD by Sanjeewa Kularatna, James O'Beirne, Adrian Barnett, Patricia C Valery, Elizabeth Powell, Ingrid J Hickman, Ruth Tulleners, David Brain, Katherine Stuart, Carolyn McIvor, Elen Witness, Melanie Aikebuse

“…Participants in the intervention arm received a FibroScan outside of the hospital setting, with results provided to their primary care provider and the referring hepatologist. All participants were followed up 12 months after randomisation to measure their clinical and patient-reported outcomes.Results 97 participants were recruited from October 2020 to December 2022. …”
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Diagnostics and evaluation of biliary deposit at ultrasound investigation by Z. A. Lemeshko, M. A. Tatarkina, S. V. Nasonova, A. V. Okhlobystin

“…National college of gastroenterologists, hepatologists…”
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Management of Hepatitis B: A Longitudinal National Survey – Impact of the Canadian Hepatitis B Consensus Guidelines by Paul Marotta, Kurt Lucas

“…These guidelines were published in The Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology in June 2007 and distributed to all Canadian gastroenterologists and hepatologists.…”
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Enhancing the Journal by Keith A Sharkey

“…The Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology continues to grow in strength as a national journal of importance to gastroenterologists and hepatologists. As the official journal of both the Canadian Association of Gastroenterolgy and the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver, it also serves as an important tool for the dissemination of guidelines and standards for the entire medical community in Canada. …”
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Post-transplant liver biopsies: a concise and practical approach for beginners by Mohamad Besher Ourfali, David Hirsch, Marianna Scranton, Tony El Jabbour

“…This article may be beneficial for residents interested in liver pathology, gastrointestinal and liver pathology fellows in the early stages of training, clinical gastroenterology and hepatology fellows, hepatologists and general pathologists who are curious about this niche.…”
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The Role of Liver Biopsy in the Management of Patients with Liver Disease by Florence Wong

“…The role of liver biopsy in the diagnosis and management of liver disease is a controversial issue even among hepatologists. Although most causes of elevated liver enzymes can be determined, or at least suspected, on the basis of a careful history and laboratory tests, histological assessment remains the gold standard for most liver diseases. …”
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection: risk for a blood supply, but how about individuals’ health? by Michael X. Fu, Ahmed Elsharkawy, Brendan Healy, Celia Jackson, Daniel Bradshaw, Emma Watkins, Ines Ushiro-Lumb, Jaisi Griffiths, James Neuberger, Kathryn Maguire, Monica Desai, Neil McDougall, Nicole Priddee, Stephen T. Barclay, Stuart Blackmore, Peter Simmonds, William L. Irving, Heli Harvala

“…The need for a specialist referral for donors identified with OBI carries mixed opinions from blood establishments, hepatologists, and public health. Following extensive multidisciplinary discussions, experts agree upon a need for clear messaging for donors and to consider the oncogenic implications of OBI. …”
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Autoimmune Hepatitis: Clinical Manifestations and Diagnostic Criteria by Ian G Mcfarlane

“…In 1998, the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group - a panel of 40 hepatologists and hepatopathologists from 17 countries who have a particular interest in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) - undertook a review, in light of subsequent experience, of the descriptive criteria and diagnostic scoring system that it had proposed in 1993 for the diagnosis of AIH. …”
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Appropriateness of Liver Biopsy by Thierry Poynard, Vlad Ratziu, Pierre Bedossa

“…Therefore, there is a possibility that hepatologists have significant, heterogeneous opinions concerning the appropriateness of liver biopsy. …”
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-Related Chronic Kidney Disease by Camelia Cojocariu, Ana-Maria Singeap, Irina Girleanu, Stefan Chiriac, Cristina M. Muzica, Catalin Victor Sfarti, Tudor Cuciureanu, Laura Huiban, Carol Stanciu, Anca Trifan

“…Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease has become the main concern of hepatologists around the world and the main research topic for identifying effective and safe therapy. …”
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A Hepatitis C Educational Needs Assessment of Canadian Healthcare Providers by Reza Naghdi, Karen Seto, Carolyn Klassen, Didi Emokpare, Brian Conway, Melissa Kelley, Eric Yoshida, Hemant A. Shah

“…A total of 163 HCPs responded to the survey. All hepatologists and 8% of primary care providers (PCPs) reported involvement in treatment of CHC. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Russian Society for the Study of the Liver, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the National Scientific Society of Infectious Disease S... by V. T. Ivashkin, V. P. Chulanov, N. A. Mamonova, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, I. N. Tikhonov, P. O. Bogomolov, E. V. Volchkova, A. S. Dmitriev, O. O. Znojko, E. A. Klimova, K. V. Kozlov, I. E. Kravchenko, E. Yu. Malinnikova, R. V. Maslennikov, M. I. Mikhailov, K. E. Novak, I. G. Nikitin, V. E. Syutkin, E. V. Esaulenko, A. A. Sheptulin, E. N. Shirokova, N. D. Yushchuk

“…Аim: diagnosis and treatment algorithms in the clinical recommendations intended for general practitioners, gastroenterologists, infectious disease specialists, hepatologists on the of chronic hepatitis C are presented.Summary. …”
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Transplantation and Pregnancy by Pinar Erkan Uc, Sermet Sagol

“…Successful management relies on a multidisciplinary approach with contributions from obstetricians, neonatologists, nephrologists, hepatologists, and transplant surgeons. …”
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