1. A consensus integrated care pathway for patients with primary biliary cholangitis: a guideline-based approach to clinical care of patients
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Gideon M. Hirschfield, Femi Adekunle, Marco Carbone, Olivier Chazouillères, Helena Cortez-Pinto, Guilherme Macedo, Victor de Ledinghen, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Service d'hépatologie [CHU Saint-Antoine], CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CR Saint-Antoine), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Centre de Référence des Maladies Rares - Maladies Inflammatoires des Voies Biliaires et Service d’Hépatologie [CHU Saint-Antoine], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), Bordeaux Research In Translational Oncology [Bordeaux] (BaRITOn), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB), Hirschfield, G, Chazouilleres, O, Cortez-Pinto, H, Macedo, G, de Ledinghen, V, Adekunle, F, Carbone, M, Service d'Hépato-gastro-entérologie [CHU Saint-Antoine], Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Gestionnaire, Hal Sorbonne Université, and Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
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ursodeoxycholic acid (udca) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Consensus ,Cirrhosis ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Best practice ,Risk Assessment ,digestive system ,Care provision ,Patient Care Planning ,obeticholic acid (oca) ,03 medical and health sciences ,Liver disease ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,American association for the study of liver diseases (aasld) ,Clinical care ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Intensive care medicine ,european association for the study of the liver (easl) ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Hepatology ,Delivery of Health Care, Integrated ,Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary ,patient care pathway ,business.industry ,Gastroenterology ,Guideline ,medicine.disease ,primary biliary cholangitis (pbc) ,digestive system diseases ,Patient Care Management ,3. Good health ,Integrated care ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Critical Pathways ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Cholestatic liver disease ,business - Abstract
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way, Introduction: Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an infrequent, immune-mediated cholestatic liver disease, which can lead to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and complications of end-stage liver disease. The established goals of treatment of PBC are prevention of end-stage liver disease and amelioration of associated symptoms. The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) management guidelines provide extensive recommendations on the diagnosis and management of PBC. Areas covered: This article describes the development by expert consensus of a 'PBC Integrated Patient Care Pathway' to simplify and standardize the management of PBC for clinicians based on current practice. Expert opinion: Guideline adoption is potentially poor in practice since most patients with PBC in the community are seen by general gastroenterologists or hepatologists without a special interest in autoimmune liver disease. The PBC Integrated Patient Care Pathway is a best practice tool for clinicians designed to complement the EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of PBC patients. It gives clinicians a practical decision tree of the key steps in PBC management, thereby providing a simplified framework and an opportunity for more uniform practice that supports the safe and timely adoption of varied models of care provision to patients with PBC.
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