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Professor GURUPRASAD AITHAL's Outputs (31)

Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive tests for advanced fibrosis in patients with NAFLD: an individual patient data meta-analysis (2021)
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Mózes, F. E., Lee, J. A., Selvaraj, E. A., Jayaswal, A. N., Trauner, M., Boursier, J., Fournier, C., Staufer, K., Stauber, R. E., Bugianesi, E.-T., Younes, R., Gaia, S., Lupșor-Platon, M., Petta, S., Shima, T., Okanoue, T., Mahadeva, S., Chan, W.-K., Eddowes, P. J., Newsome, P. N., …Pavlides, M. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive tests for advanced fibrosis in patients with NAFLD: an individual patient data meta-analysis. Gut, https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324243

Objective Liver biopsy is still needed for fibrosis staging in many patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The aims of this study were to evaluate the individual diagnostic performance of liver stiffness measurement by vibration controlled... Read More about Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive tests for advanced fibrosis in patients with NAFLD: an individual patient data meta-analysis.

Diagnostic accuracy of elastography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with NAFLD: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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Mózes, F. E., Levick, C. K., Vali, Y., Palaniyappan, N., Liu, C.-H., Zafarmand, M. H., Young, L. A. J., Selvaraj, E. A., Jayaswal, A. N. A., Lee, J. A., Aithal, G. P., Romero-Gómez, M., Brosnan, M. J., Tuthill, T. A., Anstee, Q. M., Neubauer, S., Harrison, S. A., Bossuyt, P. M., & Pavlides, M. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of elastography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with NAFLD: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Hepatology, 75(4), 770-785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2021.04.044

Background and Aims: Vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE), point shear wave elastography (pSWE), two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2DSWE), magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are proposed a... Read More about Diagnostic accuracy of elastography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with NAFLD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Incidence and risk factors of anti-tuberculosis drug induced liver injury (DILI): Large cohort study involving 4652 Chinese adult tuberculosis patients (2021)
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Hu, T., Hu, Y., Wang, G., Zhu, Y., Aithal, G. P., Cai, T., Wang, H., Liang, L., Yang, S., Jin, S., Du, J., Yan, H., & Jiang, F. (2021). Incidence and risk factors of anti-tuberculosis drug induced liver injury (DILI): Large cohort study involving 4652 Chinese adult tuberculosis patients. Liver International, 41(7), 1565-1575. https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.14896

Background and Aims: Anti-tuberculosis drugs remain as an important cause of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) worldwide. Adverse drug reactions reduce the effectiveness of treatment. We aimed to determine the incidence and risk factors associated wit... Read More about Incidence and risk factors of anti-tuberculosis drug induced liver injury (DILI): Large cohort study involving 4652 Chinese adult tuberculosis patients.

Longitudinal assessment of symptoms and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers across 5 hospitals to understand ethnic differences in infection risk. (2021)
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Valdes, A. M., Moon, J. C., Vijay, A., Chaturvedi, N., Norrish, A., Ikram, A., Craxford, S., Cusin, L. M., Nightingale, J., Semper, A., Brooks, T., McKnight, A., Kurdi, H., Menni, C., Tighe, P., Noursadeghi, M., Aithal, G., Treibel, T. A., Ollivere, B. J., & Manisty, C. (2021). Longitudinal assessment of symptoms and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers across 5 hospitals to understand ethnic differences in infection risk. eClinicalMedicine, 34, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100835

Background:: Healthcare workers (HCWs) have increased rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with the general population. We aimed to understand ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among hospital healthcare workers depending on their hosp... Read More about Longitudinal assessment of symptoms and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers across 5 hospitals to understand ethnic differences in infection risk..

What is the incidence of methotrexate or leflunomide discontinuation related to cytopenia, liver enzyme elevation or kidney function decline? (2021)
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Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Card, T., Mallen, C. D., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., & Abhishek, A. (2021). What is the incidence of methotrexate or leflunomide discontinuation related to cytopenia, liver enzyme elevation or kidney function decline?. Rheumatology, 60(12), 5785-5794. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab254

Objectives: To examine incidence of treatment changes due to abnormal blood-test results and, to explore rates of treatment changes due to liver, kidney and haematological blood-test abnormalities in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRD) treated with... Read More about What is the incidence of methotrexate or leflunomide discontinuation related to cytopenia, liver enzyme elevation or kidney function decline?.

Safety and efficacy of hydrothermal duodenal mucosal resurfacing in patients with type 2 diabetes: the randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled, multicentre REVITA-2 feasibility trial (2021)
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Mingrone, G., Baar, A. C. V., Devière, J., Hopkins, D., Moura, E. G. D., Cercato, C., Rajagopalan, H., Lopez-Talavera, J. C., White, K., Bhambhani, V., Costamagna, G., Haidry, R., Grecco, E., Neto, M. G., Aithal, G. P., Repici, A., Hayee, B., Haji, A., Morris, A. J., Bisschops, R., …Bergman, J. J. (2022). Safety and efficacy of hydrothermal duodenal mucosal resurfacing in patients with type 2 diabetes: the randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled, multicentre REVITA-2 feasibility trial. Gut, 71(2), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323608

Objective: Hydrothermal duodenal mucosal resurfacing (DMR) is a safe, outpatient endoscopic procedure. REVITA-2, a double-blind, superiority RCT, investigates safety and efficacy of DMR using the single catheter Revita system (Revita DMR [catheter an... Read More about Safety and efficacy of hydrothermal duodenal mucosal resurfacing in patients with type 2 diabetes: the randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled, multicentre REVITA-2 feasibility trial.

Serum glucose, lactate dehydrogenase and hypertension are mediators of the 1 effect of body mass index on severity of COVID-19 (2021)
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Yan, H., Vijay, A., Jiang, F., Zheng, N., Hu, Y., Ye, H., Ollivere, B., Cai, T., Valdes, A. M., & Aithal, G. P. (2021). Serum glucose, lactate dehydrogenase and hypertension are mediators of the 1 effect of body mass index on severity of COVID-19. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 4(2), Article e00215. https://doi.org/10.1002/edm2.215

Background: COVID-19 has a broad clinical specturm. We investigated the role of serum markers measured on admission on severity as assessed at discharge and investigated those which relate to the effect of BMI on severity.
Methods: Clinical and la... Read More about Serum glucose, lactate dehydrogenase and hypertension are mediators of the 1 effect of body mass index on severity of COVID-19.

Metabolic Imaging in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Applications of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (2021)
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Thiagarajan, P., Bawden, S. J., & Aithal, G. P. (2021). Metabolic Imaging in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Applications of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(4), Article 632. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10040632

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is poised to dominate the landscape of clinical hepatology in the 21st century. Its complex, interdependent aetiologies, non-linear disease progression and uncertain natural history have presented great chall... Read More about Metabolic Imaging in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Applications of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

Evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of promising circulating biomarkers to diagnose liver injury in humans (2021)
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Llewellyn, H. P., Vaidya, V. S., Wang, Z., Peng, Q., Hyde, C., Potter, D., Wang, J., Zong, Q., Arat, S., Martin, M., Masek-Hammerman, K., Warner, R., Johnson, K., Kullak-Ublick, G. A., Aithal, G. P., Dear, J. W., & Ramaiah, S. K. (2021). Evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of promising circulating biomarkers to diagnose liver injury in humans. Toxicological Sciences, 181(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfab003

Early diagnosis of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) continues to be a major hurdle during drug development and post marketing. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of promising biomarkers of liver injury - glutamate... Read More about Evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of promising circulating biomarkers to diagnose liver injury in humans.

Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home (2021)
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Tsien, C., Tan, H., Sharma, S., Palaniyappan, N., Wijayasiri, P., Leung, K., Hayre, J., Mowlem, E., Kang, R., Eddowes, P. J., Wilkes, E., Venkatachalapathy, S. V., Guha, I. N., Antonova, L., Cheung, A. C., Griffiths, W. J., Butler, A. J., Ryder, S. D., James, M. W., Aithal, G. P., & Aravinthan, A. D. (2021). Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home. Clinical Medicine, 21(1), e32-e38. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0609

Introduction: Increasing rates of liver transplantation and improved outcomes have led to greater numbers of transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres. Our aim was to document long-term clinical outcomes of liver transplant recipien... Read More about Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home.