Gastroenterology
Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir–velpatasvir and sofosbuvir–velpatasvir–voxilaprevir for hepatitis C in Korea: a Phase 3b study
Jeong Heo, Yoon Jun Kim, Sung Wook Lee, Youn-Jae Lee, Ki Tae Yoon, Kwan Soo Byun, Yong Jin Jung, Won Young Tak, Sook-Hyang Jeong, Kyung Min Kwon, Vithika Suri, Peiwen Wu, Byoung Kuk Jang, Byung Seok Lee, Ju-Yeon Cho, Jeong Won Jang, Soo Hyun Yang, Seung Woon Paik, Hyung Joon Kim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Neung Hwa Park, Ju Hyun Kim, In Hee Kim, Sang Hoon Ahn, Young-Suk Lim
Korean J Intern Med. 2023;38(4):504-513. Published online June 30, 2023
Background/Aims: Despite the availability of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Korea, need remains for pangenotypic regimens that can be used in the presence of hepatic impairment, comorbidities, or prior treatment failure. We investigated the efficacy an..
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Safety of direct oral anticoagulants compared to warfarin in cirrhotic patients with atrial fibrillation
Seo Yeon Yoo, Eunju Kim, Gi-Byoung Nam, Danbi Lee, Ju Hyun Shim, Kang Mo Kim, Young-Suk Lim, Han Chu Lee, Young-Hwa Chung, Yung Sang Lee, Jonggi Choi
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(3):555-566. Published online January 26, 2022
Background/Aims: The safety of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) compared with warfarin in patients with both nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and clinically confirmed liver cirrhosis (LC) has not been well studied. We compared the risk of a major bleeding event between DOAC and warfarin treatm..
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The quick sepsis-related organ failure score has limited value for predicting adverse outcomes in sepsis patients with liver cirrhosis
Jeongsuk Son, Sunhui Choi, Jin Won Huh, Chae-Man Lim, Younsuck Koh, Kang Mo Kim, Ju Hyun Shim, Young-Suk Lim, Sang-Bum Hong
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(4):861-872. Published online October 28, 2019
Background/Aims: The quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) is a newly developed risk stratification tool, which has been presented along with a new sepsis definition, to classify infected patients outside of the intensive care unit (ICU). We evaluated the clinical usefulness of qSOFA..
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Time-dependent reversal of significant intrapulmonary shunt after liver transplantation
Xin Jin, Byung Joo Sun, Jae-Kwan Song, Jae-Hyung Roh, Jeong Yoon Jang, Dae-Hee Kim, Young-Suk Lim, Jong-Min Song, Duk-Hyun Kang, Sung Gyu Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(3):510-518. Published online March 5, 2018
Background/Aims: Although the association between intrapulmonary shunt (IPS) and liver cirrhosis is clear, data of repeated contrast echocardiography (CE) before and after liver transplantation (LT) to evaluate factors associated with IPS are limited.
Methods: Hand-agitated saline was used for CE a..
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