Funding for the development of this Practice Guidance was provided by the American
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. MV was supported by aAQ19 Patient-Centered …

Care with palliative care principles (aka Palliative Care, PC) is an approach to care that
focuses on improving the quality of life of patients and their caregivers who are facing life …

Background and Aims HCC is a leading cause of mortality in patients with advanced liver
disease and is associated with significant morbidity. Despite multiple available curative and …

The clinical stages of cirrhosis have traditionally been divided into a compensated phase
with no complications and a decompensated phase that manifests with complications of …

Background Despite the obvious advantages of metagenomic next-generation sequencing
(mNGS) in etiological diagnosis of various infectious diseases, there are few reports on …

Background: Patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) have limited treatment options
and have a deteriorated quality of life with an uncertain prognosis. Early identification of …

Background: End-stage liver disease (ESLD) patients carry heavy symptom burdens and
risk receiving aggressive and sometimes unwanted care at end of life. Palliative care (PC) …

Palliative care (PC) benefits patients with serious illness including end‐stage liver disease
(ESLD). As part of a cluster randomized trial, hepatologists were trained to deliver primary …

Background: Patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) have a poor quality of life, which
often worsens as disease severity increases. Palliative care (PC) has emerged as a …

Liver disease is a common cause of morbidity and mortality, and many patients would
benefit from liver transplantation. However, because of a shortage of suitable donor livers …