title: Complications of end-stage liver disease.
authors.affiliation: Palliative care physician at Baycrest Hospital in Toronto, Ont, and Clinical Lecturer in the Division of Palliative Care in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. gperri@baycrest.org.
authors.forename: Giulia-Anna
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Perri
authors.affiliation: Critical care fellow in the Division of Critical Care in the Department of Medicine at Western University in London, Ont.
authors.forename: Houman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khosravani
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007792:Lactulose / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008026:Ligation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D019152:Paracentesis / Q000379:methods; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents; D007792:Lactulose