Abstract The Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) and the MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease)
scores were designed to predict the outcome of decompressive therapy for portal …

Liver transplantation is a life-saving therapy to correct liver failure, portal hypertension and
hepatocellular carcinoma arising from hepatitis C infection. But despite the successful use of …

Background A 6-month abstinence from alcohol is usually required before patients with
severe alcoholic hepatitis are considered for liver transplantation. Patients whose hepatitis is …

As with all medical disciplines, the practice of anesthesia requires a solid knowledge base
as well as clinical competence. There are many textbooks that provide the student of …

Portal vein thrombosis is not uncommon in candidates for transplantation. Partial thrombosis
is more common than complete thrombosis. Despite careful screening at evaluation, a …

Important progress has been made recently regarding the pathogenesis and treatment of
hepatorenal syndrome (HRS). However, scant information exists about factors predicting …

Abstract The Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is widely used to predict the short‐
term mortality in patients with cirrhosis, but potential limitations of this score have been …

Background: The increasing shortfall between the number of patients who would benefit
from liver transplantation and the availability of donor livers means that rationing has to …

Acute clinical deterioration of a patient with chronic liver disease remains a decisive time
point both in terms of medical management and prognosis. This condition, also known as …

Liver transplantation (LT) was originally described by Starzl as a promising strategy to treat
primary malignancies of the liver. Confronted with high recurrence rates, indications drifted …