Palliative Care in End-Stage Liver Disease Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation: Review

Palliative Care in End-Stage Liver Disease Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation: Review

Introduction: End-stage liver disease (ESLD) is the advanced phase of most liver diseases. The cure is liver transplantation (LT), only available for a minority of patients. This review summarizes the evidence regarding palliative care (PC) in ESLD patients awaiting LT. Methods: Review of the litera...

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Main Authors: Sara Vieira Silva, Elga Freire, Helena Pessegueiro Miranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2020-05-01
Series:GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology
Subjects:
palliative care
end-stage liver disease
liver transplantation
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/507336

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