Liver transplantation with donation after med...

Article indépendant | GLINKA, Juan | Liver transplantation

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has been a legally approved practice in Canada since 2016. Only recently have patients undergoing MAiD also been considered as donors for liver transplantation (LT). This study aimed to evaluate ...

Liver transplantation with donation after med...

Article indépendant | GLINKA, Juan | Liver transplantation

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has been a legally approved practice in Canada since 2016. Only recently have patients undergoing MAiD also been considered as donors for liver transplantation (LT). This study aimed to evaluate ...

Reply : The urgent need for consensus around ...

Article indépendant | GLINKA, Juan | Liver transplantation

Physicians' perspectives on palliative care f...

Article indépendant | UFERE, Nneka N. | Liver transplantation

BACKGROUND: Specialty palliative care (PC) is underutilized for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). We sought to examine hepatologists' and gastroenterologists' attitudes about PC for patients with ESLD. METHODS: We cond...

National trends in location of death in patie...

Article indépendant | KAPLAN, Alyson | Liver transplantation

Despite improvement in the care of patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD), mortality is rising. In the United States, patients are increasingly choosing to die at hospice and home, but data in patients with ESLD are lacking....

Integrating specialist palliative care in the...

Article indépendant | SHINALL, Myrick C. | Liver transplantation

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Patients undergoing evaluation for liver transplantation face heavy burdens of symptoms, healthcare utilization, and mortality. In other similarly ill populations, specialist palliative care has been shown to ...

Liver transplantation with donation after med...

Article indépendant | GLINKA, Juan | Liver transplantation

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has been a legally approved practice in Canada since 2016. Only recently have patients undergoing MAiD also been considered as donors for liver transplantation (LT). This study aimed to evaluate ...

Reply : The urgent need for consensus around ...

Article indépendant | GLINKA, Juan | Liver transplantation