Optimizing Care for the Hospitalized Patient With Cirrhosis

Nov 17 2024
Convention Center: Room 28ABCD
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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World Class Speakers

Nneka Ufere, MD MSCE
Presenter

Nneka Ufere, MD MSCE

Massachusetts General Hospital
Arun B. Jesudian, MD, FAASLD
Presenter

Arun B. Jesudian, MD, FAASLD

Weill Cornell Medicine
Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD
Presenter

Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD

UNC Chapel Hill
LK
Presenter

Lindsay King, MD

Duke University School of Medicine
Hersh Shroff, MD, MPA
Moderator

Hersh Shroff, MD, MPA

UNC Chapel Hill
MF
Moderator

Mary Flynn, MD

Description

Experts in the field of inpatient hepatology care and quality improvement outline the challenges and practical patient-oriented and health system-oriented solutions to improve access to care; optimize inpatient clinical care; and provide patient-centered, compassionate care for persons hospitalized with decompensated cirrhosis. Covered topics include the management of ascites, acute-on-chronic liver failure, alcohol-associated hepatitis, and other complications of decompensated cirrhosis. Each presentation includes a discussion of health care disparities and strategies to mitigate these disparities.

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Objectives

  • Describe challenges and strategies to improve the quality of inpatient care of persons with cirrhosis.
  • Review the treatment of alcohol-associated hepatitis and alcohol use disorder in persons admitted with alcohol-associated hepatitis.
  • Summarize the landscape of emerging quality measures for patient-centered care in decompensated cirrhosis.