Clinical Practice Challenges

Nov 11 2023
Ballroom BC - Hynes Convention Center
8:30 - 10:00 AM EST

Speakers

Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

VA - CT Healthcare System, Department of Digestive Diseases

Michael R. Charlton

University of Chicago

Manal F. Abdelmalek

Mayo Clinic

Juliet Emamaullee

University of Southern California

Nadim Mahmud

University of Pennsylvania

Description

The session will review specific clinical practice challenges hepatology specialist may encounter, including optimizing cirrhotic patients for surgery, estimating MASLD fibrosis severity using non-invasive measures, determining the best time span to utilize beta blockers in patients with cirrhosis, exploring the utility of TIPS in non-classic circumstances and examining Fontan-associated liver disease.

Objectives

  • Understand how to assess risks associated with non-transplant surgery in patients with cirrhosis and learn how to manage patients with Fontan associated liver disease
  • Recognize the controversies regarding the use of betablockers in patients with advanced cirrhosis and learn how to assess the severity of liver diseases in MASLD without liver biopsy
  • Discuss the role of TIPS vs LDLT for patients with low MELD and complications of PHTN