Según estimaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), en el
2015 257 millones de personas en el mundo tenían la infección crónica por el
virus de la hepatitis B (VHB) y 900 000 fallecieron a causa de ella, en la mayor
parte de los casos de cirrosis o carcinoma hepatocelular. La mayoría d...
This revised guideline provides updated information for the care of women with chronic viral infections who require intrauterine fetal diagnostic testing. Women with chronic viral infections who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy. Non-invasive screening tests for diagnosis: maternal serum placental ana...
WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B
virus (HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 had died from HBV infection, mostly
as a result of cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Most HBV-associated deaths among
adults are secondary to infections acquired at b...
Hepatitis B is a common infectious disease that can result in progressive liver damage requiring liver transplantation. Due to the high prevalence of hepatitis B infection worldwide many patients who are transplanted with other solid organs will have either had hepatitis B in the past or have active dise...
Sarmati, L;
Andreoni, M;
Antonelli, G;
Arcese, W;
Bruno, R;
Coppola, N;
Gaeta, G. B;
Galli, M;
Girmenia, C;
Mikulska, M;
Pane, F;
Perno, C. F;
Picardi, M;
Puoti, M;
Rambaldi, A;
Svicher, V;
Taliani, G;
Gentile, G.
SCOPE: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection reactivation is associated with high morbidity and mortality in patients with haematologic malignancy and/or haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, information on this issue is limited. The scope of this position paper is to provide recommendati...
Testing and diagnosis of hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infection is the gateway for access to both prevention and treatment services, and is a crucial component of an effective response to the hepatitis epidemic. Early identification of persons with chronic HBV or HCV infection enables them to receive th...
The guidance is the first step in the provision of comprehensive guidance on viral hepatitis surveillance, prevention and treatment by the World Health Organization. The following recommendations are based on systematic reviews of scientific evidence, community values and preferences and implementation i...
Evidence of benefits, harms, values and preferences, and cost effectiveness were reviewed in accordance with GRADE methods to determine the recommendation category (Ahmed F, Temte JL, Campos-Outcalt D, Schünemann HJ; for the ACIP Evidence Based Recommendations Work Group (EBRWG). Methods for developing ...
Medical treatment is intended to save life and improve health, and all health workers have a responsibility to prevent transmission of health-care associated infections. Adherence to safe injection practices and related infection control is part of that responsibility it protects patients and health work...
