Faculty of Medicine

Overview
The Faculty of Medicine has contributed 35 international, peer-reviewed publications to the medical literature between 2019 and 2023. Among the journals where contributions from the Faculty have been published, are The Lancet, The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology and The Lancet Global Health.

The Faculty has also contributed a chapter on HIV and Liver Disease to the book “Treatment and Management of Tropical Liver Disease”, edited by Jose Debes and published by Elsevier in 2023.

An important population-based, pilot study, published in the European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology in 2021, has shown a high prevalence of liver fibrosis using transient elastography in volunteer adult Cambodian people with no symptoms or history/diagnosis of liver disease and no history/knowledge of positivity for markers of hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infection.

The Faculty continues to contribute to studies on medical education, on HIV treatment, and on viral hepatitis.

Publications

Sandro Vento and Francesca Cainelli. Review. Acute liver failure in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023 Nov.; 8(11): 1035-1045. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00142-5. Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(23)00142-5/fulltext


Sandro Vento. Comment Letter. Medicine should be learned in a conducive environment. Lancet 2023 Jan 28; 401(10373): 267-268. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00009-0. Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00009-0/fulltext


Sandro Vento and Francesca Cainelli. Comment. Chronic liver diseases must be reduced worldwide: it is time to act. Lancet Glob Health 2022 Apr; 10(4): e471-e472. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00047-X. Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(22)00047-X/fulltext


Francesca Cainelli, Vannary Yi, Sandro Vento. Prevalence of liver fibrosis using transient elastography in the general population in Cambodia: a pilot study. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021 Jul 1; 33(7): 1035. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002106. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/eurojgh/citation/2021/07000/prevalence_of_liver_fibrosis_using_transient.19.aspx


Sandro Vento, Francesca Cainelli, Alfredo Vallone. Opinion. Violence Against Healthcare Workers: A Worldwide Phenomenon With Serious Consequences. Front Public Health 2020 Sep 18:8:570459. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.570459. eCollection 2020. Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.570459/full