Pain ‘exceedingly common’ among patients with cirrhosis before liver transplant

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75560login-checkPain ‘exceedingly common’ among patients with cirrhosis before liver transplant

By Robert Stott

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Pain was reported in nearly 80% of patients with cirrhosis evaluated for liver transplant and, when paired with anxiety and depression, was a significant driver for poor quality of life, noted a presenter here.

“In my clinical work, I have always found it challenging to manage pain in patients with cirrhosis,” Jessica B. Rubin, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at University of California, San Francisco, told Healio.
Read the full story in Healio.

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