BMJ Best Practice Podcast26 Jul 2017

Hepatitis C: What have been our successes so far?

Following acute exposure to the hepatitis C virus, most people develop chronic infection that increases the risk for long-term hepatic complications. Current treatment with oral direct-acting agents aims to eradicate the virus. Jawad Ahmad, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Liver Diseases at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, discusses hepatitis C infection with BMJ Knowledge Centre's U.S. Clinical Lead Sheila Feit, including future directions for a rapidly evolving field. More information available at the BMJ Best Practice website: http://bestpractice.bmj.com. About BMJ Best Practice BMJ Best Practice takes you quickly and accurately to the latest evidence based information, whenever and wherever you need it. Our step by step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention is updated daily using robust evidence based methodology and expert opinion. We support you in implementing good practice. Sign up to a free 7 day trial here*: bestpractice.bmj.com/info/subscribe/free-trial/ The below topics will be made freely available for 2 weeks from World Hepatitis Day (28th July 2017): Hepatitis C Step-by-step management: http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/128/treatment/details.html Treatment guidelines including American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and European Association for Study of the Liver (EASL) http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/128/treatment/guidelines.html Hepatitis C Clinical Update in The BMJ (free access until 10th August 2017) http://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j2861 *Please note that free personal trials and personal subscriptions are not available in North America. _

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