Wednesday, February 6, 2019

2019 Hepatitis C - Testing, Treatment Options, Stages of fibrosis and Care

Caring for patients with chronic hepatitis C infection
Basic information about hepatitis C, published Jan 31, 2019 in: Nursing2019 - Ahead of Print, available in PDF format only.

Highlights
Who is at risk?
How HCV infection progresses
Extrahepatic complications of HCV infection
Testing for HCV
Stages of fibrosis
Treatment options
Removing treatment barriers
Promising future

Nursing. 2019 Jan 31. doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000553271.39804.a4. [Epub ahead of print]
Caring for patients with chronic hepatitis C infection
Chaney, Amanda, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP
Abstract:
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the US. This article discusses the pathophysiology of HCV infection, new treatment options, and nursing care and patient teaching for patients with chronic HCV infection.
Begin, here..….

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