Early paracentesis in decompensated cirrhosis As I write this piece, the newspaper front pages are in overdrive over the spread of Coronovirus from central China. There has been talk of military evacuations of Brits in high incidence regions. The medical registrar WhatsApp group at my hospital is replete with protocols to follow should we encounter […]
Category: Cirrhosis
‘Frontline Hepatology: Variceal Bleeding Guidelines’
After the great #FGDebate with the Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, we are delighted to announce our next #FGDebate will be on Tuesday 24th November 2015, at 8-9pm GMT and will discuss, ‘Frontline Hepatology: Variceal Bleeding Guidelines’. Dr Dhiraj Tripathi Dr Dhiraj Tripathi is a Consultant Hepatologist, with duties covering both general and transplant hepatology. He trained in […]
‘Frontline Hepatology: Complications with cirrhosis – portal hypertension’
After the great success of the #DDW Special #FGDebate with Professor Edward Loftus, we are delighted to announce our next #FGDebate will be Professor of Hepatology and Associate Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology, Professor Andres Cardenas (@acv69cardenas), at the GI Unit, University of Barcelona on Tuesday 9th June 2015, at 8-9pm GMT and will discuss, ‘Frontline […]
Missed the DDW Special #FGDebate with Professor Edward Loftus? Catch up with the Podcast and Storify summary of the debate here – ‘Frontline IBD: Hot topics in IBD’
If you missed the DDW Special #FGDebate with Professor Edward Loftus on ‘Frontline IBD: Hot topics in IBD,’ you can catch up with the: Podcast after the #FGDebate at https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/frontline-ibd-hot-topics Or the Storify summary of the #FGDebate at https://storify.com/FrontGastro_BMJ/frontline-ibd-hot-topics-in-ibd Don’t forget to join us for the next debate which is […]
Missed the #FGDebate with Professor Sir Ian Gilmore? catch up with the Podcast and Storify summary of the debate – ‘Frontline Hepatology: Alcohol – our favourite drug and everyone’s problem’
If you missed the #FGDebate with Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, ‘Frontline Hepatology: Alcohol – our favourite drug and everyone’s problem’, you can catch up with the: Podcast with Sir Ian, after the #FGDebate: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/alcohol-our-favourite-drug-and-everyones-problem?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/frontline-gastroenterology Or the Storify summary of the #FGDebate at: https://storify.com/FrontGastro_BMJ/frontline-hepatology-alcohol-our-favourite-drug-an Don’t forget to join us for the next debate with Nobel Laureate, Professor […]
Frontline Hepatology: Alcohol – our favourite drug and everyone’s problem #FGDebate
After the great success of the IBD #FGDebate with Dr Charlie Lees, we are delighted to announce our third debate will be lead by Prof Sir Ian Gilmore (@itgilm), on 11th November 2014, at 8-9pm GMT and discuss, “Frontline Hepatology: Alcohol – our favourite drug and everyone’s problem” Professor Sir Ian Gilmore is an honorary consultant physician at […]