{"id":4004,"date":"2022-03-10T08:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=4004"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:12:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:12:06","slug":"nash-linked-to-sharp-increase-in-liver-transplants-in-older-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/03\/10\/nash-linked-to-sharp-increase-in-liver-transplants-in-older-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"NASH linked to sharp increase in liver transplants in older patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"4004\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>As&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/gastroenterology\/20210816\/disparities-in-mortality-worsen-among-liver-transplantation-recipients-from-2002-to-2018\" target=\"_blank\">liver transplants&nbsp;<\/a>significantly increase among older patients,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/gastroenterology\/20220222\/potential-for-fda-approval-nears-for-emerging-nash-therapies\" target=\"_blank\">nonalcoholic steatohepatitis<\/a>&nbsp;has become the most common reason for the procedure in this population, according to a study published in&nbsp;<em>Hepatology Communications.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnother study from our team, which in publication in\u00a0<em>Clinical Gastroenterology\u00a0and Hepatology<\/em>, suggests that the proportion of elderly patients in need of liver transplantation in the U.S. is sharply increasing,\u201d study author\u00a0<strong>Zobair M.\u00a0Younossi MD, MPH,<\/strong>\u00a0president of Inova Medicine Services and professor and chairman of the department of medicine at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Virginia, told Healio. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/gastroenterology\/20220309\/nash-linked-to-sharp-increase-in-liver-transplants-in-older-patients\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"4004\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading As&nbsp;liver transplants&nbsp;significantly increase among older patients,&nbsp;nonalcoholic steatohepatitis&nbsp;has become the most common reason for the procedure in this population, according to a study published in&nbsp;Hepatology Communications. \u201cAnother study from our &hellip; 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