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Brett E Fortune

@brettefortune.bsky.social
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Chief Medical Officer, Miami Transplant Institute, Transplant Hepatologist, likes interventional hepatology, cirrhosis, portal hypertension #LiverSky #JacksonHealth

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The Baveno Cooperation: an EASL Consortium @bavenocoop.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
LAST DAY‼️ 🚨 Early-bird registration for #BavenoVIII closes TODAY (15 Dec)‼️ 🗓️ 27–28 March 2026 (👶 29 March) 📍 Baveno, Italy 🌐 Hybrid format — in person or online 🧠 Abstract submissions open until Jan 15 🔗 baveno8.org/registration 👇
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Oren Fix @orenfix.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
🚀 Attention #AASLD members! Do you have a passion for clinical informatics & digital health? Or interested in learning more about how this new field can improve hepatology patient care and research? A new Special Interest Group (SIG) may be on the horizon… 👀
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Oren Fix @orenfix.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
We’re proposing a Clinical Informatics & Digital Health SIG to bring together members interested in EHR optimization, AI, clinical decision support, data science, mentorship & more. 👉 If the SIG is approved, would you join? Send me a chat for details! #AASLD
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GarciaPagan @juanc60.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Exploring further the agreement between HVPG and EUS-PPG a collaborative study with Leuven. www.jhep-reports.eu/article/S258... @idibaps.bsky.social @hospitalclinic.bsky.social
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Journal of Hepatology @jhepatology.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
🆕CPG in press❕ EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on extrahepatic abdominal surgery in patients with cirrhosis and advanced chronic liver disease Find it here👉https://bit.ly/3GM9EEB #LiverSky @easlnews.bsky.social
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Pierre Gholam MD @livermd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Highlights of @docberza.bsky.social talk on NITs @easlnews.bsky.social #easlcongress We need to use @bavenocoop.bsky.social dual stiffness cutoffs more often and u suspect this is the way of the future. #liversky
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EASL @easlnews.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
That’s a wrap on #EASLCongress2025! 💙 Thanks to all 7,742 attendees from 119 countries and all those who made this event possible! 🌍 See you in Barcelona on 27–30 May 2026! Look back at the unforgettable moments easl.smugmug.com/EASL-Congres... Best of slide decks: easlcampus.eu/Documents/be...
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EASL @easlnews.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
📃 5 new EASL CPGs released today at #EASLCongress! ✅ Make sure to attend the much awaited sessions listed below!
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
One need not worry about bleeding when banding varices in patients with low platelets I am not sure why this study excluded people with platelets less than 30 Nevertheless … doi.org/10.3390/dise... #liversky
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Trends in authorship in GI and Hepatology journals From Tsai et al in Hep Comm journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full... @brettefortune.bsky.social
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This paper from @neeharparikh.bsky.social rocked He asked patients what they want most in a liver cancer screening test using a discrete choice-based conjoint survey pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33618022/ #liversky
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The rates and reasons for ethics consultation in cirrhosis care 0.2% incidence Mainly due to issues of surrogate decision making and miscommunication #liversky trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
pdfs.journals.lww.com/hepcomm/2025... The causes of SBP in todays patients #liversky
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Early Terli Giving terlipressin at lower creatinines (1.5-2.0) or within 12 hours of presentation (skipping the “albumin challenge”) 1. From the RCTs journals.lww.com/hepcomm/page... 2. Pilot trial doi.org/10.1007/s106... #liversky
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Image Gallery : Early treatment with terlipressin in patients with hepatorenal syndrome yields improved clinical outcomes in North American studies : Hepatology Communications
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 21/12/2024
Amid recurrent outbreaks of Ebola virus disease, the role of ring vaccination with the rVSV-ZEBOVGP vaccine during the 2018–2020 outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo offers evidence of efficacy. Full study results: nej.md/4iFCWTL #MedSky #IDSky
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Ebola Outbreak Response in the DRC with rVSV-ZEBOV-GP Ring Vaccination | NEJM
At the beginning of the 2018–2020 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), no vaccine had been licensed. However, cluster-randomized evidence from Guinea...
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Fibrates and other PPAR agonists are so hot right now Here is a review of how they work, the evidence of benefit, and the bright future of this pathway in improving liver health journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
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PPAR agonists for the treatment of cholestatic liver... : Hepatology Communications
and the risk of progression to cirrhosis and liver failure. First-line therapy for PBC is ursodeoxycholic acid, although up to 40% of treated individuals are incomplete responders, and there is no eff...
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Atoosa Rabiee @atoosarabiee.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Updated HCC management guidelines by @easlnews.bsky.social Must read 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S016... #Liversky
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Atoosa Rabiee @atoosarabiee.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Brilliant test developed by Professor Maja Thiele LiverPRO identifies ✅clinically significant liver fibrosis ✅ ⬆️ liver stiffness ✅predicts risk of liver-related events based on age and biochemical variables #liversky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Development, validation, and prognostic evaluation of LiverPRO for the prediction of significant liver fibrosis in primary care: a prospective cohort study
Clinically significant liver fibrosis is associated with future adverse events in patients with steatotic liver disease. We designed a software tool f…
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 09/12/2024
🧵 Combination Therapy for Chronic HBV Infection (a thread) Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) affects more than 3% of the world population and is responsible for approximately 1.1 million deaths annually. Full article: nej.md/49nfu9F 1/15 #MedSky
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Portal hypertension and the development of varices If only there was a way to block the alpha and beta adrenergic pathways to offset these changes IF ONLY!!!! #medsky #liversky
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I recommend this review on muscle cramps in #cirrhosis Cramps are common and are the number one symptom priority for many patients doi.org/10.1111/apt.... But ….
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Management of Muscle Cramps in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials
Despite the prevalence and quality of life impact cramps have on patients with cirrhosis, no widely used clinical practice guidelines on management exist. Our systematic review, focusing only on rand...
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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov
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Ryan Elliott @ryanelliott.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
💊 New exciting multi-centre RCT (BALANCE) in NEJM supporting that an antibiotic duration of 7 days is non-inferior to 14 days in patients with uncomplicated bacteremia (excluding S. aureus). #MedSky #IMsky #IDsky
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Gastroenterology @gastroenterology.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
#LiverSky: Performing early diagnostic paracentesis within 12 hours of admission may offer the greatest survival benefit. Share your thoughts on implementing this into practice! The American Journal of Gastroenterology #RedJournal @amcollegegastro.bsky.social 🔗 journals.lww.com/ajg/pages/ar...
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Fredrik Åberg @fredrikaberg.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Thanks to HEPATOLOGY journal for this special issue on alcohol-associated liver disease & the chance to review this alarming global crisis 🚨🌎: >11M life-years lost annually, leading cause of liver Tx, and rising impact on young people 🙏 Amazing author team⭐️ journals.lww.com/hep/fulltext...
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Alcohol-associated liver disease—Global epidemiology : Hepatology
ty-adjusted life-years attributed to ALD, particularly pronounced in the United States, are alarming. Projections suggest that the economic impact of ALD, as seen in the United States, could potential...
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Brett E Fortune @brettefortune.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Super helpful!! Thanks #LiverSky @ebtapper.bsky.social
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The Hepatologist’s Google is here Added to the starter pack
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We are on our second starter pack for GI / Hepatology Part 1: go.bsky.app/8Pho2tp Part 2: go.bsky.app/VGyLKjR #medsky #GIsky #LiverSky
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Brett E Fortune @brettefortune.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Hello BlueSky world, i am here!! #liversky
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