title: Management of chronic hepatitis B: consensus guidelines.
abstract: The present document presents the proceedings of the consensus development conference on the management of viral hepatitis held in January 2007 under the auspices of the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver and the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. Several new agents have become available since the last such document was published in 2004, and new information has become available to help assess risk of adverse outcomes and who should be treated. In addition, the participants at the meeting identified a number of structural barriers that exist uniquely in Canada and that prevent physicians from properly managing their patients. The conference discussed the selection of patients for treatment and the drugs that can be used to treat these patients, as well as the treatment of hepatitis B in special populations. The present document should be read in conjunction with the companion document on the management of chronic hepatitis C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada. morris.sherman@uhn.on.ca
authors.forename: Morris
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shafran
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burak
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doucette
authors.forename: Winnie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Girgrah
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Renner
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deschênes
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002170:Canada; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents