LiverLearning®: Fundamentals of Liver Disease - Hepatitis C 2.0

DESCRIPTION There is currently an anticipated shortage of trained providers capable of diagnosing and treating different liver diseases. As a result of this increased demand and limited specialists in the field, more and more front-line providers are faced with these patients and do not have the experience or resources that will allow them to manage them appropriately.

Pulmonary Abnormalities in Liver Disease: Relevance to Transplantation and Outcome

Sarah Raevens, Maxine Boret, Michel De Pauw, Michael B. Fallon, Hans Van Vlierberghe – 25 February 2021 – Pulmonary disease in liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension (PH) constitutes a challenging clinical scenario and may have important implications with regard to prognosis, liver transplantation (LT) candidacy, and post‐LT outcome.

Assessment of the Frail Patient With End‐Stage Liver Disease: A Practical Overview of Sarcopenia, Physical Function, and Disability

Felicity R Williams, Don Milliken, Jennifer C Lai, Matthew J Armstrong – 25 February 2021 – Frailty has emerged as a powerful predictor of clinical outcomes (e.g., decompensation, hospitalization, mortality) in patients with end‐stage liver disease (ESLD). It is therefore of paramount importance that all patients with ESLD undergo an assessment of frailty, to support life and death decision making (i.e., candidacy for critical care, transplantation) and aid with prioritization of evolving prehabilitation services (i.e., nutrition, physiotherapy, psychotherapy).

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