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What are some practical tips for when a patient's consistently stated goals of care do not correlate with their actions?

For example, what do you do when someone requests aggressive, life-prolonging treatments but then is not receptive to elements of day-to-day care in t...

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How do you decide whether to use pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized patients with decompensated cirrhosis?

How do factors like the presence of varices, severity of coagulopathy, etc., play into your decision?

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When giving albumin challenge, for acute kidney injury with suspected hepatorenal syndrome, do you administer a single dose daily or split the dose of albumin?

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Do you find there is any benefit to giving N-acetyl-cysteine in non-acetaminophen related acute liver failure?

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Gastroenterology, 2009-09

Intravenous N-acetylcysteine improves transplant-free survival in early stage non-acetaminophen acute liver failure.

The New England journal of medicine, 2021 Mar 04

A Randomized Trial of Albumin Infusions in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis.

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2010 Nov

A risk assessment model for the identification of hospitalized medical patients at risk for venous thromboembolism: the Padua Prediction Score.

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2022 Aug 10

Thromboprophylaxis for venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis: Guidance from the SSC of the ISTH.

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