Cirrhosis and liver transplantation in patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis B or C: an observational cohort study.

Warren-Gash, Charlotte; Childs, Kate; Thornton, Alicia; Bhagani, Sanjay; Demma, Shirin; Srivastava, Ankur; Leen, Clifford; Agarwal, Kosh; Rodger, Alison J; Sabin, Caroline A; +1 more... Joint UK CHIC and liver transplant advisory group; (2017) Cirrhosis and liver transplantation in patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis B or C: an observational cohort study. Infection, 45 (2). pp. 215-220. ISSN 0300-8126 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-016-0976-x

Abstract

This study assessed the likelihood of referral for liver transplantation assessment in a prospective cohort of patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis B or C with complications of cirrhosis. There were 141 co-infected patients from 11 UK centres with at least one complication of cirrhosis recorded (either decompensation or hepatocellular carcinoma) out of 772 identified with cirrhosis and/or HCC. Only 23 of these 141 (16.3%) were referred for liver transplantation assessment, even though referral is recommended for co-infected patients after the first decompensation episode.

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Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology
PubMed ID	28054251
ISI	398995300011
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