This study assessed the likelihood of referral for liver transplantation assessment in a prospective cohort of patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis B or C with complications of cirrhosis. There were 141 co-infected patients from 11 UK centres with at least one complication of cirrhosis recorded (either decompensation or hepatocellular carcinoma) out of 772 identified with cirrhosis and/or HCC. Only 23 of these 141 (16.3%) were referred for liver transplantation assessment, even though referral is recommended for co-infected patients after the first decompensation episode.
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Warren-Gash, C., Childs, K., Thornton, A., Bhagani, S., Demma, S., Srivastava, A., … Sabin, C. A. (2017). Cirrhosis and liver transplantation in patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis B or C: an observational cohort study. Infection, 45(2), 215–220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-016-0976-x
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