title: Management of end-stage liver disease.
abstract: Patients with cirrhosis who experience hepatic decompensation, such as the development of ascites, SBP, variceal hemorrhage, or hepatic encephalopathy, or who develop HCC, are at a higher risk of mortality. Management should be focused on the prevention of recurrence of complications, and these patients should be referred for consideration of liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 Northeast Pacific Street, Box 356175, Seattle, WA 98195-6175, USA. Electronic address: irisl@medicine.washington.edu.
authors.forename: Iris W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Liou
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D019468:Disease Management; D018450:Disease Progression; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Ascites; Cirrhosis; Decompensation; Hepatic encephalopathy; Peritonitis; Varices