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View article: Basic Life Support: 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment Recommendations
Basic Life Support: 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment Recommendations Open
View article: A Nonrandomized Pilot Study to Investigate the Acceptability and Feasibility of LivR Well: A Multifaceted 28-Day Home-Based Liver Optimization Program for Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
A Nonrandomized Pilot Study to Investigate the Acceptability and Feasibility of LivR Well: A Multifaceted 28-Day Home-Based Liver Optimization Program for Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Open
LivR Well was acceptable, feasible, and safe with low short-term mortality and readmission rates. Health-care costs were reduced by 26% driven by a 40% reduction in 30-day readmission. Further evaluation includes a randomized controlled tr…
View article: Identify, screen and treat via electronic pathway: a semiautomated approach to retriaging a liver clinic waitlist
Identify, screen and treat via electronic pathway: a semiautomated approach to retriaging a liver clinic waitlist Open
Background Long specialist outpatient waiting lists are a source of clinical risk. Triage assignment is based on subjective assessment of referrals and fails to account for dynamic changes in disease status while patients await clinical re…
View article: Testing behaviour change with an artificial intelligence chatbot in a randomized controlled study
Testing behaviour change with an artificial intelligence chatbot in a randomized controlled study Open
View article: Clinical outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Melbourne, Australia
Clinical outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Melbourne, Australia Open
Background Ultrasound surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may improve early tumour detection but may additionally result in surveillance‐related harm through increased evaluation of non‐HCC lesions. The incidence of these outco…
View article: Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives
Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives Open
Summary Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer‐related death worldwide, and is increasing in incidence in Australia. For most people with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B, HCC screening and surveillance is recommended…
View article: A Beta-Prototype Chatbot for Increasing Health Literacy of Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis: Usability Study
A Beta-Prototype Chatbot for Increasing Health Literacy of Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis: Usability Study Open
Background Health literacy is low among patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) and associated with poor health outcomes and increased health care use. Lucy LiverBot, an artificial intelligence chatbot was created by a multidisciplinary …
View article: Impact of increased alcohol consumption during the <scp>COVID‐19</scp>–related lockdowns on admissions with liver disease, gastrointestinal bleeding and pancreatitis in Melbourne, Victoria
Impact of increased alcohol consumption during the <span>COVID‐19</span>–related lockdowns on admissions with liver disease, gastrointestinal bleeding and pancreatitis in Melbourne, Victoria Open
This audit collates data on alcohol‐related gastrointestinal (GI) admissions at Monash Health, Victoria, during the prolonged, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)–related lockdown July to October 2020 compared with the same periods in 2019…
View article: Acute-on-chronic liver failure: Controversies and consensus
Acute-on-chronic liver failure: Controversies and consensus Open
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a poorly defined syndrome characterised by rapid clinical deterioration in patients with chronic liver disease. Consequences include high short-term morbidity, mortality, and healthcare resource uti…
View article: A Beta-Prototype Chatbot for Increasing Health Literacy of Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis: Usability Study (Preprint)
A Beta-Prototype Chatbot for Increasing Health Literacy of Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis: Usability Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Health literacy is low among patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) and associated with poor health outcomes and increased health care use. Lucy LiverBot, an artificial intelligence chatbot was created by a multidisciplinary…
View article: A home-based, multidisciplinary liver optimisation programme for the first 28 days after an admission for acute-on-chronic liver failure (LivR well): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
A home-based, multidisciplinary liver optimisation programme for the first 28 days after an admission for acute-on-chronic liver failure (LivR well): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Open
Background Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) represents a rising global healthcare burden, characterised by increasing prevalence among patients with decompensated cirrhosis who have a 28-day transplantation-free mortality of 33.9%. Du…
View article: Survival outcomes and predictors of mortality, re-bleeding and complications for acute severe variceal bleeding requiring balloon tamponade
Survival outcomes and predictors of mortality, re-bleeding and complications for acute severe variceal bleeding requiring balloon tamponade Open
In refractory AVB, balloon tamponade salvage therapy is associated with high rates of primary haemostasis with low rates of serious complications. Re-bleeding and mortality however, remain high.
View article: Functional recovery from refractory hepatic encephalopathy following angiographic obliteration of a large, spontaneous portal-umbilical portosystemic shunt: a case report
Functional recovery from refractory hepatic encephalopathy following angiographic obliteration of a large, spontaneous portal-umbilical portosystemic shunt: a case report Open
Background Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) as a consequence of cirrhosis with portal hypertension has a profound impact on quality of life for both patients and caregivers, has no gold-standard diagnostic test, and is a risk factor for mortali…
View article: Frequency and Clinical Utility of Antibodies to Extractable Nuclear Antigen in the Setting of a Negative Antinuclear Antibody Test
Frequency and Clinical Utility of Antibodies to Extractable Nuclear Antigen in the Setting of a Negative Antinuclear Antibody Test Open
Objective Simultaneous antibody testing during screening for autoimmune conditions is discouraged. The incidence of positive extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) in the setting of a negative antinuclear antibody (ANA) has been reported as low…
View article: Effecting behaviour change using an artificial intelligence chatbot: A pilot randomised controlled study
Effecting behaviour change using an artificial intelligence chatbot: A pilot randomised controlled study Open
Chatbots have the potential to effect large-scale behaviour change because they are accessible through social media, flexible, scalable, and automatically gather data. Yet research on the feasibility and effectiveness of chatbot-administer…
View article: Recovery from refractory hepatic encephalopathy following angiographic obliteration of a large, spontaneous portal-umbilical portosystemic shunt: a case report
Recovery from refractory hepatic encephalopathy following angiographic obliteration of a large, spontaneous portal-umbilical portosystemic shunt: a case report Open
BackgroundHepatic encephalopathy (HE) as a consequence of cirrhosis with portal hypertension has a profound impact on quality of life for both patients and caregivers, has no gold-standard diagnostic test, and is a risk factor for mortalit…
View article: Refractory portal hypertension complications successfully managed by parallel transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS): a case report
Refractory portal hypertension complications successfully managed by parallel transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS): a case report Open
Background Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is an established intervention to treat complicated portal hypertension refractory to medical or endoscopic management. TIPS dysfunction results in the recurrence of portal hy…
View article: User Acceptance Testing for Lucy Liverbot: An Artificial Intelligence Chatbot to Improve Health Literacy in Patients with Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease
User Acceptance Testing for Lucy Liverbot: An Artificial Intelligence Chatbot to Improve Health Literacy in Patients with Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease Open
View article: Short‐term intraperitoneal catheters: An ambulatory care intervention for refractory ascites secondary to cirrhosis during <scp>COVID</scp>‐19
Short‐term intraperitoneal catheters: An ambulatory care intervention for refractory ascites secondary to cirrhosis during <span>COVID</span>‐19 Open
Background and Aim Patients with refractory ascites have frequent hospital admissions, which pose exposure risks in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of a novel 12‐week, …
View article: Metal stents are safe and cost‐effective for preoperative biliary drainage in resectable pancreaticobiliary tumours
Metal stents are safe and cost‐effective for preoperative biliary drainage in resectable pancreaticobiliary tumours Open
Backgrounds To compare the complication rates and overall costs of self‐expandable metal stents (SEMS) and plastic stents (PS) in clinically indicated preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) prior to a pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). Methods We co…
View article: Impact of <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 telehealth on outpatient test completion
Impact of <span>COVID</span>‐19 telehealth on outpatient test completion Open
Background Pathology and imaging tests are frequently requested in the outpatient setting despite historically poor completion rates. The impact of COVID‐19 telehealth on test completion rates is unknown. Aims To examine the impact of the …
View article: Temporal Cascade and Structural Modelling of EHRs for Granular Readmission Prediction
Temporal Cascade and Structural Modelling of EHRs for Granular Readmission Prediction Open
Predicting (1) when the next hospital admission occurs and (2) what will happen in the next admission about a patient by mining electronic health record (EHR) data can provide granular readmission predictions to assist clinical decision ma…
View article: An External Validation Study of the Oakland and Glasgow-Blatchford Scores for Predicting Adverse Outcomes of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in an Asian Population
An External Validation Study of the Oakland and Glasgow-Blatchford Scores for Predicting Adverse Outcomes of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in an Asian Population Open
Aims. This study is aimed at (1) validating the performance of Oakland and Glasgow-Blatchford (GBS) scores and (2) comparing these scores with the SALGIB score in predicting adverse outcomes of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (ALGIB)…
View article: MedGraph: Structural and Temporal Representation Learning of Electronic Medical Records
MedGraph: Structural and Temporal Representation Learning of Electronic Medical Records Open
Electronic medical record (EMR) data contains historical sequences of visits of patients, and each visit contains rich information, such as patient demographics, hospital utilisation and medical codes, including diagnosis, procedure and me…
View article: $\mathtt{MedGraph:}$ Structural and Temporal Representation Learning of Electronic Medical Records
$\mathtt{MedGraph:}$ Structural and Temporal Representation Learning of Electronic Medical Records Open
Electronic medical record (EMR) data contains historical sequences of visits of patients, and each visit contains rich information, such as patient demographics, hospital utilisation and medical codes, including diagnosis, procedure and me…
View article: $\\mathtt{MedGraph:}$ Structural and Temporal Representation Learning of\n Electronic Medical Records
$\\mathtt{MedGraph:}$ Structural and Temporal Representation Learning of\n Electronic Medical Records Open
Electronic medical record (EMR) data contains historical sequences of visits\nof patients, and each visit contains rich information, such as patient\ndemographics, hospital utilisation and medical codes, including diagnosis,\nprocedure and…
View article: OP0020 LESS IS MORE: ANA-LYSING THE IMPACT OF REPEATED ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY TESTING
OP0020 LESS IS MORE: ANA-LYSING THE IMPACT OF REPEATED ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY TESTING Open
View article: Acceptability of opt‐out consent in a hospital patient population
Acceptability of opt‐out consent in a hospital patient population Open
Research has been slow to leverage digitalised medical records as a data resource. Our study assessed patient acceptability of opt‐out consent for secondary use of digital patient data. A questionnaire was distributed to patients in multip…
View article: Predictive Value of Quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Scores following Sepsis-Related Medical Emergency Team Calls: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Predictive Value of Quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Scores following Sepsis-Related Medical Emergency Team Calls: A Retrospective Cohort Study Open
We conducted a cohort study of adult ward patients who had a Medical Emergency Team (MET) call triggered by confirmed or suspected sepsis in an Australian tertiary centre to assess the predictive utility of systemic inflammatory response s…
View article: The Role of Natural Killer and Natural Killer T Cells in Chronic Hepatitis B infection
The Role of Natural Killer and Natural Killer T Cells in Chronic Hepatitis B infection Open
Hepatitis B is a noncytopathic virus, which exclusively replicates within the liver and affects 350 million people worldwide [1]. Chronic infection can lead to variable disease manifestations such as cirrhosis, decompensated liver disease …