Patients With Cirrhosis and Denied Liver Transplants Rarely Receive Adequate Palliative Care or Appropriate Management

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 692-698

  Poonja, Zafrina ^a   Brisebois, Amanda ^a   Van Zanten, Sander Veldhuyzen ^a   Tandon, Puneeta ^a   Meeberg, Glenda ^b   Karvellas, Constantine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute on chronic liver failure; Management; MELD; RRT

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CANADA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; MANAGEMENT; MELD; RRT;

AGED; ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896094457     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.08.027     Document Type: Article

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