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Specific issues concerning the management of patients on the waiting list and after liver transplantation
Patrizia Burra1, Edoardo G Giannini2, Paolo Caraceni3
1Multivisceral Transplant Unit, University Hospital, Padova, Italy.
Abstract:
The present document is a second contribution collecting the recommendations of an expert panel of transplant hepatologists appointed by the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF) concerning the management of certain aspects of liver transplantation, including: the issue of prompt referral; the management of difficult candidates; malnutrition; living related liver transplants; hepatocellular carcinoma; and the role of direct acting antiviral agents before and after transplantation. The statements on each topic were approved by participants at the AISF Transplant Hepatology Expert Meeting organized by the Permanent Liver Transplant Commission in Mondello on 12-13 May 2017. They are graded according to the GRADE grading system.
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