Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The Role of Visceral Adipose Tissue.

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Portrait of Regional Trends in Liver Transplantation for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in the United States.

Introduction: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is one of the most common etiologies of liver transplantation (LT) in the United States. We investigated regional trends in waitlist candidates, LT rates, and recipient survival among patients with NASH.

Methods: Using the United Network for Organ Sharing database by Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network regions, we investigated waitlist registration, LT rates, and survival for NASH between January 2004 and December 2019.

Severity of Inpatient Hospitalizations Among Undocumented Immigrants and Medi-Cal Patients in a Los Angeles, California, Hospital: 2019.

To compare the severity of inpatient hospitalizations between undocumented immigrants and Medi-Cal patients in a large safety-net hospital in Los Angeles, California. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all 2019 inpatient stays at a Los Angeles hospital (n = 22 480), including patients of all races/ethnicities. We examined 3 measures by using insurance status to approximate immigration status: illness severity, length of hospital stay, and repeat hospitalizations.

Painful rash with hoarseness: an atypical presentation of syphilis.

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that can affect multiple organ systems, with central nervous system involvement at any stage. We present a 53-year-old woman with an unusual truncal rash with painful anogenital lesions, accompanied by patchy alopecia, oral lesions, photophobia and hoarseness. She was found to have positive serological tests for syphilis with cerebrospinal fluid findings suggestive of neurosyphilis.

Transgender Women Living with HIV Frequently Take Antiretroviral Therapy and/or Feminizing Hormone Therapy Differently Than Prescribed Due to Drug-Drug Interaction Concerns.

Purpose: Both hormone therapy (HT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) can be lifesaving for transgender women (TW) living with HIV, but each has side effects and potential drug-drug interactions (DDI). We assessed how concerns about HT-ART interactions affect treatment adherence.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey of TW (n = 87) in Los Angeles, CA.