Ozdogan Osman Cavit
Department of Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkiye.
Hepatol Forum. 2022 Sep 23;3(3):100-102. doi: 10.14744/hf.2022.2022.0023. eCollection 2022 Sep.
Palliative care in decompensated cirrhotic patients is a developing concept which should be used in cirrhotic patients during the advanced and terminal stages. Hepatologists and liver transplant teams mostly ignore the patients palliative care issues while intensively dealing with the liver diseases and its complications. This review is a brief summary of the recently published guidance discussing the palliative care, symptom based treatments and end of life with a collaborative and standartized approach which is recommended to all health care workers of cirrhotic patients.
失代偿期肝硬化患者的姑息治疗是一个不断发展的概念,应在肝硬化患者的晚期和终末期使用。肝病学家和肝移植团队在集中处理肝脏疾病及其并发症时,大多忽视了患者的姑息治疗问题。本综述简要总结了最近发表的指南,该指南以协作和标准化的方法讨论了姑息治疗、基于症状的治疗以及临终关怀,推荐给所有肝硬化患者的医护人员。