TY - JOUR
T1 - Keeping Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease Alive While Awaiting Transplant
T2 - Management of Complications of Portal Hypertension
AU - Carrion, Andres F.
AU - Martin, Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Complications of portal hypertension such as gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage, ascites, and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, as well as pulmonary complications, are often responsible for diminished quality of life, excess morbidity and mortality, increased health care resource use and expenditure, and dropout from the liver transplant (LT) waiting list. Therefore, the care of LT candidates on the waiting list must be centered on anticipation and prompt intervention for these complications.
AB - Complications of portal hypertension such as gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage, ascites, and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, as well as pulmonary complications, are often responsible for diminished quality of life, excess morbidity and mortality, increased health care resource use and expenditure, and dropout from the liver transplant (LT) waiting list. Therefore, the care of LT candidates on the waiting list must be centered on anticipation and prompt intervention for these complications.
KW - Ascites
KW - Cirrhosis
KW - Hepatic hydrothorax
KW - Hepatopulmonary syndrome
KW - Hepatorenal syndrome
KW - Portopulmonary hypertension
KW - Renal dysfunction
KW - Varices
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cld.2020.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.cld.2020.08.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33978573
AN - SCOPUS:85092659835
VL - 25
SP - 103
EP - 120
JO - Clinics in Liver Disease
JF - Clinics in Liver Disease
SN - 1089-3261
IS - 1
ER -