Steven K. Herrine

TL;DR: It is concluded that a significant decline in empathy occurs during the third year of medical school, and it is ironic that the erosion of empathy occurs when the curriculum is shifting toward patient-care activities; this is when empathy is most essential.

TL;DR: A sustained response to antiviral therapy was not associated with a lasting enhancement of HCV‐specific T‐cell responsiveness in the blood, as previously reported.

TL;DR: Among HCV genotype 1-infected patients treated with PEG-IFN/RBV, anemia was associated with higher rates of sustained virologic responses (SVR), and the effect of ESAs varied by time to anemia; patients with early-onset anemia hadHigher rates of SVR with ESA use, whereas no effect was observed in those with late-onsets anemia.

TL;DR: Pregnancy in the setting of recurrent liver disease, such as recurrent hepatitis C, poses a potential problem among liver transplant recipients, as well as the possible adverse effects of immunosuppression on maternal kidney function.

TL;DR: A careful examination of the OPTN database, with respect to HLA match or mismatch and liver graft survival, reaffirms that HLA matching has no clinically significant impact on this outcome.