Kush Abeysekera
@KushAbey
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Consultant Senior Lecturer in Liver Disease Epidemiology & Public Health @BristolUni @BRILiverUnit @kushabey.bsky.social
Bristol, England
Joined February 2013
This is when things get interesting for #FGCup! Hepatology vs colonic stents! Who will get a space in the finals! 3 days to vote! "From O'Shaughnessy to opportunity: innovating hepatology trials in the UK" vs "Colonic stents - who, when, where" https://t.co/ppYokwA9Yg
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Excited to announce I've been chosen as a new trainee editor for the @FrontGastro_BMJ team! Thanks @PhilSmithIsBack @OTavabie @dr_aditi_kumar for bringing me on board! Looking forward to getting started. PS Don't forget to vote in the #FGCup!
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🏴 iLFT pathway is the most mature, real-word, liver referral system New 📰 @JHEP_Reports 👉ELF test added for FIB4/NFS indeterminate 👉9.8 cutoff reduced referrals by 34% 👉Predicted hepatic outcomes ‼️Lets get rid of the 7.7 cutoff 🔗 https://t.co/WFUsZA6uQM
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Come find us at the Annual Congress for some Tea Trolley Teaching on Unrecognised Oesophageal Intubation & to discover what a CUSS-cake is …🧁🫖 #AC2024 #bathteatrolley @Fionafionakel
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New patient information leaflets designed by @BRILiverUnit @uhbwNHS 🍎 such a useful tool to offer to patients during outreach 😊
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A headline that perfectly captures the sheer stupidity of racism & prejudice.
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Hugely valuable thread on a common issue we face, thanks @tom_marjot 👏🏾
1/ This week I saw a 66-year-old lady with ALD cirrhosis who had turned her life around with 3-yrs of abstinence. However, she drank 4 bottles of 0% beer/day. This felt like a red flag but I had to go away and look at the data. 🧵Here's a #tweetorial about what I learnt...
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23 years of being a hepatology/gastroenterology nurse just was not enough for ems when she retired this week she returned, full time to, absolute angel 😇 we love you ems ❤️ @uhbwNHS @BRILiverUnit
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2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ World 🌎 Liver 📆 Day 🥇You have only 1️⃣ Liver 🛀 Take good care of YOUR #liver ‼️ ⚠️ Working with @EASLnews @AASLDtweets @ERN_RARE_LIVER @EuropeLiver @AleksanderKrag @josewillemse @RobinKimMD @Mayo_liverdoc
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📢Calling all hepatologists especially those in training. 👉 Get hands on training at the Skills Learning Centre at #EASLCongress2024 Milan 5-8th June 👉 Abdominal Sonography 👉Variceal Bleeding 👉Liver & Spleen Ekastigraphy 👉Liver Hemodynamics Register today! @EASLedu
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New Viewpoint - Brennan et al - Progress is impossible without change: understanding the evolving nomenclature of steatotic liver disease and its effect on hepatology practice https://t.co/v4IAUxjdjz
#LiverTwitter #MASLD #NAFLD @brennap9 @OTavabie @Drwenhaoli @tom_marjot
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Great to see this in @LancetGastroHep - our viewpoint led by @KushAbey and @brennap9 discussing the challenges in implementation of the new nomenclature but potential for improving care for patient with sld https://t.co/boVw53gap3
@BASLedu @BritSocGastro @JVLazarus @EASLedu
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The American, European, and Latin American liver societies have proposed a change in the nomenclature we use to describe alcohol-related liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Additio...
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I just updated our department on early-TIPS for variceal bleeding as we look forward to recruiting to @AvbReact at @OUH_Liverunit🩸 The story from 1980-2024 is pretty interesting so I put together this summary. See what you think #livertwitter
@dtrip2015 @DavidPatch1 @ebtapper
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Any A&E/trauma docs on here in the UK? I have a story I am looking at about a particular sort of injury and would like to know your experiences! Please DM me :)
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The eighth #TopGUTPaper2023 from #August2023 is by @tom_marjot et al on “Timing of energy intake and the therapeutic potential of intermittent fasting and time-restricted ...” via https://t.co/vQ7Solgcrv Podcast: https://t.co/Gi7XW4C8TO
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Attention T2D+MASLD #LiverTwitter! Did you know: 😳 >10% advanced fibrosis in numerous studies with various NILTs 🤔70% T2D patients have SLD 💡 Include liver health evaluation in diabetes care to detect & address early liver fibrosis 🔗 https://t.co/v1SFn0J3Nt
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What a powerful interview. Liver transplant and organ donation really really matter for rare diseases like PSC.
"I was grateful for my family" ❤️ A powerful and open chat with Kieron Dyer following his successful liver transplant. https://t.co/qySoPjXrDL
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Great to see our viewpoint out! @LancetGastroHep Thanks to Manolis Tsochatzis for leading this! ▶️ Liver checks into T2D annual reviews is simple ▶️ T2Ds at high risk of SLD ▶️ Will improve identification of clinically relevant liver fibrosis Link: https://t.co/qK7ygt5hBf
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