Publications by authors named "D Leith"

Introduction And Aim: Diabetes is a global health emergency with increasing prevalence and diabetes-associated morbidity and mortality. One of the challenges in optimising diabetes care is translating research advances in this heterogeneous disease into clinical care. A potential solution is the introduction of precision medicine approaches into diabetes care.

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  • * There is a bidirectional relationship between T2D and MASLD, meaning each condition can worsen the other, making it crucial for healthcare providers to address both in patient care.
  • * The summary discusses the challenges of recognizing this co-diagnosis and offers practical strategies for improving the diagnosis and treatment of MASLD in patients with T2D.
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Background: Expanding antiviral therapy to people with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who are ineligible to receive treatment under current international criteria has been increasingly debated. Evidence to support this approach is scarce, especially in Africa. We aimed to address this knowledge gap by analysing the clinical outcomes of people with chronic hepatitis B in The Gambia who were untreated and ineligible for antiviral therapy at diagnosis.

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  • The intelligent Liver Function Testing (iLFT) pathway is an innovative system that uses algorithms to automate liver function tests and provide feedback on abnormal results, implemented in NHS Tayside since August 2018.
  • It was introduced to address the high number of abnormal LFTs that often went uninvestigated, amid increasing deaths from chronic liver disease.
  • The iLFT has been utilized over 11,000 times in its first three years, and the study discusses its development, impact on diagnostic services, and potential for future 'intelligent' medical investigations.
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Background And Aims: Metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) increases the risk of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the relative risk of CKD associated with increasing hepatic fibrosis, and consequent mortality risk, remains underexplored in real-world cohorts. In this study, we sought to establish whether hepatic fibrosis is associated with increased CKD risk and explore differences in mortality risk in a cohort of people living with MASLD, contingent on liver fibrosis and CKD status.

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