Hospital Medicine   

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

Do you find risk scores such as VOCAL-Penn to be helpful?

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...

Are there situations in which you would continue the possible offending agent with close monitoring?

What clinical, system, and/or social factors play into this decision?

For example, would you consider alternatives to paracentesis (Denver shunt placement, CART therapy, or permanent tunneled catheters) that might better...