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Guidelines for liver transplantation in patients with HIV infection (2005)
Author(s) -
O'Grady J,
Taylor C,
Brook G
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
hiv medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.53
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1468-1293
pISSN - 1464-2662
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2005.00303.x
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , transplantation , intensive care medicine , virology
a. acute liver failure [III]; b. decompensated liver disease with ascites, encephalopathy (having excluded HIV-related dementia) or problematic varices and poor synthetic function, e.g. albumin o30 g/l, INR 41.5 and elevated serum bilirubin e.g. 450 mmol/L [III]; c. hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) detected during regular tumour surveillance (recommended at least 6 monthly in all patients with cirrhosis) and meeting the Milan criteria [III].