Criteria for Liver Transplantation
There are several societies, publications, interest groups dedicated to patients suffering from ESLD in need of liver transplantation. One of the most respected of those is the Americal Association for the Study of Liver Disorders. They publish Hepatology and Liver Transplantation and have an excellent website for review of recent updates on these topics. In june 2005 they published a thorough set of guidelines entitled “Evaluation of a Patient for Liver Transplantation.” This is an excellent resource and reviews the most recent recommendations regarding the pre-operative workup of patients undergoing a Liver transplant and any provides evidence based medicine guidelines for clearance of surgery. To the best of my knowledge these are the most recent guidelines published in the literature as of today.
Upon searching the web, I found another excellent resource of narrated powerpoint lectures co-sponsored by AASLD, International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) and The Americal Society of Transplantation(ATS). You can watch the presentations here.
Up next, stay tuned for the EXPANDED CRITERIA discussion….
