By vgreene, 22 June, 2015 Lifelong tx w/ nucleos(t)ide analogues<sup>5</sup> w/ high drug resistance barrier [S/L];<sup>6</sup> options:
By vgreene, 22 June, 2015 Entecavir:<sup>10</sup> 0.5 mg PO daily if compensated liver dz and lamivudine naïve; 1 mg PO daily if decompensated liver dz [S/M]
By vgreene, 22 June, 2015 Treat adults, adolescents, children w/ cirrhosis<sup>4</sup> regardless of ALT level, HBeAg status, or HBV DNA levels [S/M]
By vgreene, 22 June, 2015 Or, use noninvasive test (NIT) to determine liver dz stage at baseline [C/L]: