Simvastatin and Rifaximin as new therapy for patients

with decompensated cirrhosis

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Dear investigators and study teams:LIVERHOPE nursing team led by Núria Fabrellas, in collaboration with nurses from the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN, USA)have published a special article on “Nursing Care of Patients with Cirrhosis” in Hepatology.

Hepatology is published on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).

The article represents an important achievement for the dissemination and communication activities and goals of the LIVERHOPE project, specifically to the aim of engaging clinicians, patients associations and relevant stakeholders about project outputs that could have an impact on relevant communities, in particular to the patientsand their families.

NEWSLETTER - Issue 3 - January 2020

Thank you very much from the LIVERHOPE team!

SPONSOR CONTACT DETAILSChief investigator Pere Ginés - pgines@clinic.catProject Manager Judit Pich - jpich@clinic.catCTA Cristina Encinas - cencinas@clinic.catLead CRA Maria Joyera - joyera@clinic.catData Manager Sandra Serrano - administratormacro-scren.orgPharmacovigilance pv_liverhope@scren.esNurse information Marta Carol - liverhope@clinic.catMedical Clinical Coordinator Elisa Pose - liverhope@clinic.cat

NURSING CARE OF PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSISAbstract:Cirrhosis is a complex disease that is associated with disturbances in different organs besides the liver, including kidneys,heart, arterial circulation, lungs, gut, and brain. As a consequence, patients develop a number of complications thatresult in frequent hospital admissions and high morbidity and mortality. Patients with cirrhosis require constant and rigorous monitoring both in and outside the hospital. In this context, the role ofnurses in the care of patients with cirrhosis has not been sufficiently emphasized and there is very limited information about nursing care of patients with cirrhosis compared to other chronic diseases. The current articleprovides a review of nursing care for the different complications of patientswith cirrhosis. Nurses with specific knowledge on liver diseases should beincorporated into multidisciplinary teams managing patients with cirrhosis,both inpatient and outpatient.

In conclusion, nurses play an important role in the management and prevention of complications of the disease and improvement in patients'quality of life and bridge the gap between clinicians and families,between primary care and hospital care and also provide medicaleducation to patients and caregivers.

The article is available here.

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This project is supported through Societal Challenges (Health, demographic change and well-being) of the European Community's H2020. Grant agreement number 731875.