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Hugh Thomas
@hughthomas00.bsky.social
Deputy ed @lancetgastrohep - liver lover but fond of all things gastro. Former NatRevGastro. Commonly 🏃‍♂️ or 🚴. All nonsense entirely mine. Terminal convert from X.
I’m here in sunny Amsterdam on behalf of @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social for another stacked #EASLCongress 👋

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May 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
From H pylori prevalence to diet and #IBS, via #HCC screening and viral #hepatitis, this is LancetGastro2024, as visualised by @mempathie.bsky.social

Thank you authors, reviewers, advisory board members, and all at @thelancet.bsky.social involved in getting an issue published each month!
December 20, 2024 at 1:43 PM
The original article will live long in the memory, featuring earnest claims of brain-resident chloroplasts
December 3, 2024 at 1:15 PM
NB: palatability defined by sugar/fat content, not subjective rating - all diets were perceived to be similarly pleasant/filling
November 26, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Interim data (n=18/36) from new @kevinh-phd.bsky.social crossover trial

clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT052...

⬆ 1-week energy consumption w/ #UPF diets high in energy density/palatability (UPF hh) & high energy dense/low palatability (UPF hl) vs MPF & UPF diet low in energy density/palatability
November 26, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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November 20, 2024 at 5:06 PM
I'm a big fan of the new longitudinal citation visualisation for all altmetric items - this has been around for a few months now, and it enables a much better snapshot of impact
November 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Which papers were cited quickest?

Unsurprisingly, this outcome is dominated by COVID papers.

This letter on preventing COVID-19 in decomp cirrhosis (doi.org/10.1016/S246... was cited 36 days publication by AFEF guidance on care of patients with liver disease dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
November 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Which papers are cited most?

3 papers appear in 7 guidelines:
📃A pair of 2016 RCTs on TAF vs TDF in HBeAg +ve and -ve patients linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...
📃A comment on Liver injury in COVID-19 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Which guidelines cite the most #LancetGastroHep papers?

It's a two-way tie between two hepatitis B guidelines: the 2022 KASL CPGs for chronic hepatitis B (dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh....) and the 2024 @who-global.bsky.social hepatitis B guidelines (iris.who.int/bitstream/10...), each citing 10 papers
November 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Since #LancetGastroHep launched in mid 2016, altmetric counts 303 clinical guideline 'mentions' of our content. The first, in 2018, was a SRMA on the burden of pancreatic disease, which appeared in an #AGA technical review on initial mgmt of acute pancreatitis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
#TLM24 late-breakers out now, feat ESSENCE phase 3 of #semaglutide in #MASH

www.aasld.org/sites/defaul...
November 15, 2024 at 4:20 PM