Article 1:
A Randomized Trial of Albumin Infusions in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis
N Engl J Med 2021;384:808-17
Summary: A multicenter RCT to see if target albumin transfusion can decrease the risk of infection, AKI, and death in hospitalized patients with decompensated cirrhosis
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2022166
PDF: A Randomized Trial of Albumin Infusions
Fellow Presenter: Howie Lee, MD
Faculty Preceptor(s): Julius Wilder, MD and Lindsay King, MD
Article 2:
Risks of post-colonoscopic polypectomy bleeding and thromboembolism with warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants: a population-based analysis
Lau LHS, Guo CLT, Yip TCF, et al. Gut Epub ahead of print
Summary: A large retrospective study showing that apixaban has lower rates of postpolyectomy bleeding and thromboembolism compared to other oral anticoagulants
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323600
PDF: Risk of Post-Colonoscopic Polypectomy Bleeding and Thromboemblism with warfarin and DOACs
Fellow Presenter: Claire Dorsey, MD
Faculty Preceptor: Iris Vance, MD
