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What are the current treatment and monitoring recommendations for hepatitis C virus (HCV)?
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Coleen Kivlahan, MD, MSPH

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Patients diagnosed with HCV should have serum liver function tests and get a baseline HCV RNA level (viral load), since treatment decisions are affected by these laboratory values.additional clinical commentary and an algorithm for the treatment of HCV.

References

1. Sex Transm Infect 1999;75(suppl 1):S57-64.

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR 1998;47(No. RR-19).-

3. Gaster B, Larson A. J Am Board Fam Pract 2000;13:359-63.

4. Reichard O, Norkrans G, Fryden A, Braconier J, Sonnerborg A, Weiland O. Lancet 1998;351:83-87

5. McHutchison JG, Gordon SC, Schiff ER, et al. N Engl J Med 1998;339:1485-92.

6. Poynard T, Marcellin P, Lee SS, et al. Lancet 1998;352:1426-32.

7. The medical letter 1999;4:53-4.

8. Schiff ER, Maddrey WC. The treatment reporter. Gastroenterol Jan 23, 2001.

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EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER

Patients diagnosed with HCV should have serum liver function tests and get a baseline HCV RNA level (viral load), since treatment decisions are affected by these laboratory values.additional clinical commentary and an algorithm for the treatment of HCV.

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER

Patients diagnosed with HCV should have serum liver function tests and get a baseline HCV RNA level (viral load), since treatment decisions are affected by these laboratory values.additional clinical commentary and an algorithm for the treatment of HCV.

References

1. Sex Transm Infect 1999;75(suppl 1):S57-64.

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR 1998;47(No. RR-19).-

3. Gaster B, Larson A. J Am Board Fam Pract 2000;13:359-63.

4. Reichard O, Norkrans G, Fryden A, Braconier J, Sonnerborg A, Weiland O. Lancet 1998;351:83-87

5. McHutchison JG, Gordon SC, Schiff ER, et al. N Engl J Med 1998;339:1485-92.

6. Poynard T, Marcellin P, Lee SS, et al. Lancet 1998;352:1426-32.

7. The medical letter 1999;4:53-4.

8. Schiff ER, Maddrey WC. The treatment reporter. Gastroenterol Jan 23, 2001.

References

1. Sex Transm Infect 1999;75(suppl 1):S57-64.

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR 1998;47(No. RR-19).-

3. Gaster B, Larson A. J Am Board Fam Pract 2000;13:359-63.

4. Reichard O, Norkrans G, Fryden A, Braconier J, Sonnerborg A, Weiland O. Lancet 1998;351:83-87

5. McHutchison JG, Gordon SC, Schiff ER, et al. N Engl J Med 1998;339:1485-92.

6. Poynard T, Marcellin P, Lee SS, et al. Lancet 1998;352:1426-32.

7. The medical letter 1999;4:53-4.

8. Schiff ER, Maddrey WC. The treatment reporter. Gastroenterol Jan 23, 2001.

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What are the current treatment and monitoring recommendations for hepatitis C virus (HCV)?
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