Palliative care in cirrhotic patients: Brief summary of recent AASLD guidance

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ÖZDOĞAN O. C.

HEPATOLOGY FORUM, cilt.3, sa.3, ss.100-102, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14744/hf.2022.2022.0023
  • Dergi Adı: HEPATOLOGY FORUM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.100-102
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: AASLD guidance, decompansated cirrhosis, palliative care
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Palliative care in decompensated cirrhotic patients is a developing concept which should be used in cirrhotic patients during the advanced and terminal stages. Hepatologists and liver transplant teams mostly ignore the patients palliative care issues while intensively dealing with the liver diseases and its complications. This review is a brief summary of the recently published guidance discussing the palliative care, symptom based treatments and end of life with a collaborative and standartized approach which is recommended to all health care workers of cirrhotic patients.