Late Presentation for Care Among Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C: Prevalence and Risk Factors

Patients with chronic hepatitis C may have advanced fibrosis at first evaluation. Using the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) definition (FibroScan® >9.5 kPa) for “late presenter for care” (LP), we found that 32% (169 of 527) of patients were LP. Being a LP was associated wit...

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Autores principales: Hansen, Janne Fuglsang, Hallager, Sofie, Øvrehus, Anne, Weis, Nina, Brehm Christensen, Peer, Pedersen, Court
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5774505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29367939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx257
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Sumario:Patients with chronic hepatitis C may have advanced fibrosis at first evaluation. Using the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) definition (FibroScan® >9.5 kPa) for “late presenter for care” (LP), we found that 32% (169 of 527) of patients were LP. Being a LP was associated with increasing age and a history of alcohol overuse.

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