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 …

Patients with advanced chronic liver disease have a complex symptom burden and many
are not candidates for curative therapy. Despite this, provision of palliative interventions …

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 …

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 …

Patients with end‐stage liver disease (ESLD) often have a high symptom burden.
Historically, palliative care (PC) services have been underused in this population. We …

Background Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) contributes to significant morbidity and mortality
in hospitalised patients with cirrhosis. Aims To examine recent trends, magnitude and …

Specialty palliative care (PC) is underused for patients with end‐stage liver disease (ESLD).
We sought to examine attitudes of hepatologists and gastroenterologists about PC for …

Upon mild liver injury, new hepatocytes originate from preexisting hepatocytes. However, if
hepatocyte proliferation is impaired, a manifestation of severe liver injury, biliary epithelial …

Purpose Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer,
has a rapidly rising prevalence in the United States and a very poor overall rate of survival …

Background: Liver disease represents the third commonest cause of death in adults of
working age and is associated with an extensive illness burden towards the end of life …