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Elizabeth Donahue, RN, MSN, NP‑C
Alexandra Godfrey, BSc PT, MS PA‑C
Emily F. Moore, RN, MSN, CPNP‑PC, CCRN
Advanced practice clinicians treating patients in a variety of settings and specialties
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NEJM — Recent Clinical Medicine Articles- Liver Transplantation in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease April 2, 2026This feature about acute liver failure on the background of alcohol-associated cirrhosis offers a case vignette accompanied by two essays, one recommending liver transplantation and the other supporting medical intensive care management alone.
- Therapy’s Conversion — Chiles v. Salazar’s Threat to Mental Health Treatment and Standards of Care April 2, 2026Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, could seriously affect LGBTQ+ health, mental health professionals, and the legal relevance of standards of care.
- Digital Twin–Guided Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia April 2, 2026In a 10-patient feasibility study, heart digital twins were used to guide VT ablation. Afterward, VT was noninducible in all patients; at a mean follow-up of 13 months, 8 patients were free of recurrence, without drug therapy.
- Liver Transplantation in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease April 2, 2026
- NEJM — Recent Pediatrics Articles
- Hepatic Arterial Buffer Response April 2, 2026In a 12-year-old boy with severe idiopathic acute necrotizing pancreatitis, CT showed a right portal vein thrombus and a wedge-shaped area of hyperperfusion corresponding to the liver region supplied by the thrombosed vein.
- CRISPR-Cas12a Gene Editing of HBG1 and HBG2 Promoters to Treat β-Thalassemia April 2, 2026In this study, a Cas12a–guide RNA complex was used to target the promoters of HBG1 and HBG2 in autologous stem cells to treat transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia.
- Therapy’s Conversion — Chiles v. Salazar’s Threat to Mental Health Treatment and Standards of Care April 2, 2026Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, could seriously affect LGBTQ+ health, mental health professionals, and the legal relevance of standards of care.
- Hepatic Arterial Buffer Response April 2, 2026