
Dina Mansour
@drdina_mansour
Wife, Mum of 2 gorgeous girls, hepatologist, Newnamite. Passionate about inproving care for people with cirrhosis #bsg liver section
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Elliot Tapper Jasmohan Bajaj Andrew Moon Patty Pringle Bloom, M.D. Prof Rajiv Jalan There is a lovely study published in Gut 2003 by Prof Rajiv Jalan that shows giving 1L of saline significantly reduces blood ammonia and increases urinary ammonia excretion. Giving 1L NaCl will do no harm but aspiration when a patient can’t protect their airway with grade 3 #HE will!

High-risk varices in patients with Child-Pugh-Turcotte B and C: consider band ligation with carvedilol for preventing first variceal bleeding, especially in patients with MASLD-associated cirrhosis -> gut.bmj.com/content/early/… Gut Journal CAVARLY study gut.bmj.com/content/early/…

GLP-1 receptor agonists, which are effective for weight loss, can cause substantial muscle loss. A Comment in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology discusses the effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists on skeletal muscle mass: hubs.ly/Q02QBfSp0


Our letter published in Gut Journal regarding combination NSBBs and banding for primary prophylaxis variceal bleeding. Follows CAVARLY trial. Some interesting findings need confirmed. gut.bmj.com/content/gutjnl… Adrian Stanley Ewan Forrest

📣 Please do watch BBC Panorama tomorrow at 8pm. “Binge Drinking and Me.” The programme will focus on the rapidly rising rate of alcohol-related liver disease in UK young women. We will also be discussing this BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hour & BBC Radio 5 Live with Naga Manchetty. British Liver Trust


Very excited to be on BBC Panorama tomorrow, talking about the hidden harms of binge drinking with Hazel Martin Royal Free London UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences #alcohol #livertwitter #PublicHealth


‘I had no idea being a social drinker would damage my liver by 31’ Debbie Shawcross featuring in this important article on #ArLD in young women which kicks off a day of awareness here in the UK. 💪🏽💪🏽 British Liver Trust EASLnews bbc.com/news/articles/…

Delighted to welcome colleagues from almost 30 medical specialties to the RCP at Regent's Park earlier today to talk workforce planning, service pressures and innovation in patient care. Great to update NHS England Workforce, Training and Education colleagues and include them in our conversations about the future



Shots fired: steroids of no help to people with alcohol-associated hepatitis in this national, VA cohort from Durkin and Bitterman doi.org/10.14309/ctg.0… #livertwitter American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)









ELISA POSE Salvatore Piano Giacomo Zaccherini Kohilan Gananandan Frank Uschner Jonel Trebicka Ruben Hernaez Juan G Abraldes Jordi Gratacós Ginès Koos de Wit EASLnews AASLD Huge congratulations Elisa and the entire village of people (and patients) who contributed to this important study. Some of the most important trials to disseminate in our field are the negative ones Victoria Kronsten Elliot Tapper Ramon Bataller Aleksander Krag Alastair O'Brien

I am pleased to share our new article on the role of diabetes medications in the treatment of #MASLD. Free article download with author link. Frontline Gastro Paul Brennan fg.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/f…


I am delighted to see this published inn Frontline Gastro! A really important paper which should be useful to all HCPs who are involved in the management of MASLD (not just GI/Hep!) Congratulations to the authors! #livertwitter