Hepatology

Portal Hypertension

Questions discussed in this category

What is your strategy to manage peri-procedural bleeding risk in patients with cirrhosis?

Do you use TEG or ROTEM? How do you counsel proceduralists on the unique hemostatic profile of patients with cirrhosis?

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What is your approach to the management of post-TIPS hepatic encephalopathy?

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What are your clinical considerations to pursue an automated-low-flow ascites (ALFA) pump for a patient with refractory ascites?

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How does the presence of porto-mesenteric vein thrombosis impact a patient's transplant candidacy?

How do you go about working up and managing patients with these findings?

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Who would be the right candidate in which TIPS placement would reduce portal hypertension to allow for a previously unattainable procedure?

(Ex: cholecystectomy, orthopedic surgery, etc.)

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What role do you see for albumin infusions in patients with hypoalbuminemia to help assist in volume status, outside of its use in replenishment after a large volume paracentesis or renal dysfunction?

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What is your endoscopic approach to the management of refractory GAVE in persistently anemic patients?

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When would you choose to measure a patient's spleen stiffness?

What are you looking for that would impact your management of a patient?

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What patient clinical factors do you find most impact a patient's "beta-blocker window" and their ability to maintain and tolerate beta-blocker therapy?

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What clinical evidence do you find most favorable of a positive response post-liver transplant for patients with portopulmonary hypertension?

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What clinical scenario would you favor NOT using terlipressin for the management of HRS if there were no notable contraindications for its initiation?

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Papers discussed in this category

Techniques in vascular and interventional radiology, 2016-03

Portal Vein Recanalization and Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation for Chronic Portal Vein Thrombosis: Technical Considerations.

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