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Oliver Tavabie

@otavabie.bsky.social
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Consultant Hepatologist interested in liver transplantation and liver failure symptoms | Deputy Editor at Frontline Gastroenterology | Conference and Education Lead for the British Liver Transplant Group

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Chris Mysko @chrismysko.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Delighted to share the evolution of @torchuk.bsky.social and our lessons learnt as a road map 🗺️ 🏥 Such a pleasure to work with talented colleagues across the UK to shape this and prime our project pipeline to improve outcomes in liver disease doi.org/10.1136/flga... #liversky #gastrosky #EVADE
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ToRcH-UK @torchuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📣 Our next project #EVADE is officially LIVE! 📣 Site registration is open to hospitals across the UK. Project dashboard: redcap.link/evade But what is #EVADE and why should you be interested in collaborating with us? #liversky #gastrosky @otavabie.bsky.social @chrismysko.bsky.social (1/6)
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Read our new work developing a patient reported experience survey for outpatients with liver disease and the accompanying feasibility study! Significant challenges remain to improve liver patient participation in surveys #liversky fg.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
It was a real pleasure to interview Scott Isaacs and @paulnbrennan.bsky.social regarding their recent paper on 'Anti-diabetic medications in MASLD' in Frontline Gastroenterology - listen below fgbmj.podbean.com/e/role-of-anti-diabetic-medications-in-the-management-of-masld/
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Role of anti-diabetic medications in the management of MASLD | FG Podcast
The use of anti-diabetic medications such as pioglitazone or GLP-1 receptor agonists in the management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is discussed in this podcast....
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Feather Moore@medsky.network @feathermoore.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This overview summarizes clinical tools that assess nutritional status and physical frailty, with the benefits and future challenges of a multidisciplinary team approach to optimise muscle health and physical fitness in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. fg.bmj.com/content/earl...
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The Baveno Cooperation: an EASL Consortium @bavenocoop.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🇳🇱 Join us at #EASL2025 in Amsterdam 🇳🇱 📅 Thu 08 May 08:30–09:45 | Future of Hepatology: Endohepatology 10:00–10:30 | Baveno @ EASL Track Hub (Cirrhosis & Complications) 📅 Fri 09 May 12:00–13:30 | Baveno General Assembly (Room D201, members only) #LiverTwitter
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Am looking forward to the ILC this week - not just to catch up with the community but to look for submissions to Frontline Gastroenterology. Do get in contact with me if you want to talk about your work and ideas for manuscripts! #Liversky @easlnews.bsky.social @bavenocoop.bsky.social
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Fantastic to see the updated BSG/BASL decompensated cirrhosis admission bundle in print at FG - practical guidance to improve care in the first 24 hours as well as implementation strategy - congrats Stuart McPherson for driving this! #livertwitter fg.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Decompensated cirrhosis: an update of the BSG/BASL admission care bundle
Acute decompensated cirrhosis (DC) and acute-on-chronic liver failure are common reasons for hospital admission that have a high in-hospital mortality rate (10%–20%). Patients require a detailed asses...
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Fantastic to see the updated BSG/BASL decompensated cirrhosis admission bundle in print at FG - practical guidance to improve care in the first 24 hours as well as implementation strategy - congrats Stuart McPherson for driving this! #livertwitter fg.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Decompensated cirrhosis: an update of the BSG/BASL admission care bundle
Acute decompensated cirrhosis (DC) and acute-on-chronic liver failure are common reasons for hospital admission that have a high in-hospital mortality rate (10%–20%). Patients require a detailed asses...
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Great to see our paper examining real-world applicability of telemonitoring interventions published in FG! Fantastic working with Dee Kumar, Kohi Gananandan, @jennieclough.bsky.social and Guy Robinson on this! #livertwitter #gitwitter fg.bmj.com/content/early/2025/04/08/flgastro-2024-102997
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Pierre Gholam MD @livermd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Time for the liver community to say it loudly, nonjudgementally & consistently: There is no safe level of alcohol consumption @easlnews.bsky.social is leading the way to defend mandatory labels on alc. beverages in the EU. It’s time for @aasldnews.bsky.social to do the same in the US #liversky
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Great to see our paper examining real-world applicability of telemonitoring interventions published in FG! Fantastic working with Dee Kumar, Kohi Gananandan, @jennieclough.bsky.social and Guy Robinson on this! #livertwitter #gitwitter fg.bmj.com/content/early/2025/04/08/flgastro-2024-102997
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Let’s talk about sex journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full... #liversky
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Thanks to all that completed the first round of the UK CLIF JLA research priority setting process for decompensated cirrhosis - if you live with or care/work with patients with cirrhosis - please take some time to go through these research questions #livertwitter www.surveymonkey.com/r/SMMF6XJ
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Survey: Priorities for Liver Cirrhosis Research
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Great to see #JadeKing any my editorial in @LTxJournal journals.lww.com/lt/citation/... discussing the psychological and cognitive impact of liver disease and transplantation on patients as well as the potential role of prehabilitation in addressing this #liversky
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The long and winding road to maximize the benefit of Liver... : Liver Transplantation
An abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF only.
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New review in #FG from @paulnbrennan.bsky.social and #scottisaacs - a great summary of the role of antidiabetic medications in MASLD #liversky fg.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Role of anti-diabetic medications in the management of MASLD
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) poses a significant global health challenge due to its rising prevalence and strong association with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diab...
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Rob Brierley @robbrierley.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"Alcohol labels should warn of cancer risk" - new WHO report www.who.int/europe/news-... #LiverSky #MedSky @who.int
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Alcohol labels should warn of cancer risk, says new WHO/Europe report
Copenhagen, 14 February 2025Prominent health warning labels on alcoholic beverages are essential for raising awareness that consuming alcohol can lead to cancer. This simple and inexpensive measure ca...
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Join us for our next BLTG webinar on Organ Allocation on the 3rd of April - lots to talked about! #liversky
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Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Lieber is a liver leader We want our patients to thrive after transplant She advocates for tailored, enriched POST transplant care for people at risk of poor outcomes And it is about time #liversky
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Resham Ramkissoon, MD @rayrammd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The correct term is conjunctival icterus. The expression "scleral icterus" was previously and incorrectly perpetuated. See this scathing remark in @jama.com by an ophthalmologist. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #Liversky #GiSky #Medsky @cwruim.bsky.social
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'Conjunctival Icterus,' Not 'Scleral Icterus'
To the Editor.—  The expression "scleral icterus" generally used by physicians is grossly incorrect. For decades, physical diagnosis primers have cued medical students to look for "scleral icterus...
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
First BLTG webinar of 2025 - join us on 6/2 at 18.00 to discuss PTLD - delighted to have Sridhar Chaganti from Birmingham delivering the talk us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Christmas fire prep
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
x.com/frontgastro_... frontline Gastroenterology isn’t on Bluesky yet but see our Xmas webinar about what authors, reviewers and editors may want for Xmas #liversky #gisky
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Ahmed Elsharkawy @ahmedelsharkawy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
www.bbc.com/news/article... Nice to see Debbie Shawcross (not on here yet!), @drgautammehta.bsky.social and others really highlighting this issue on various BBC platforms today! #LiverSky @adhanda.bsky.social @aleksanderkrag.bsky.social
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‘At 31, I was told if I didn’t stop drinking, I could die’
BBC journalist Hazel Martin was told she had liver fibrosis and must go teetotal or she could die.
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Oliver Tavabie @otavabie.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Run cancelled this morning, winter is here…
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Ashwin Dhanda @adhanda.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Check out our latest paper 📜 GLP1 agonists for AUD? Still a question to be answered with a good RCT 👇🏾 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists use and change in alcohol consumption: a systematic review
Despite the availability of various pharmacological and behavioural interventions, alcohol-related mortality is rising. This systematic review aimed t…
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Ewan Forrest @ewanforrest.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Pleased to see the publication of our paper showing effective management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in patients with coexistent alcohol-related liver disease using GMAWS. Great contributions by our medical students: Stroma Harcombe, Lujine Ibrahim, Georgia Smith and Alex Doyle. t.co/fEjeZChSVI
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Rob Brierley @robbrierley.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
New at The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health — Paediatric acute liver failure: a multidisciplinary perspective on when a critically ill child is unsuitable for liver transplantation www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #LiverSky
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Paediatric acute liver failure: a multidisciplinary perspective on when a critically ill child is unsuitable for liver transplantation
Paediatric acute liver failure is a devastating condition with high morbidity and mortality, which is challenging to manage for the hepatologist, intensivist, and associated specialists. Emergency liv...
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