Henderson- Liver Transplant and Hepatitis Flashcards
indications name for liver transplants
MELD 3.0
liver tranplant evaluation indications:
MELD 3.0:
low serum albumin
sex
special indications for liver tranplant
HCC
portopulmonary HTN
hepatopulmonary syndrome
____ was made to hopefully increase allocation for liver transplants to sick patients
MELD 3.0
special indication for transplant that deals with cirrhotic liver with tumor present
HCC
current criteria for liver transplant for HCC patient
UCSF
single lesion </= 6.5 cm
</= 3 nodules w/ large </= 4.5cm
maximal tumor burden </=8 cm
no vascular invasion or extrahepatic invasion
UCSF criteria
complication of portal HTN and patient has liver cirrhosis and pulmonary HTN
Porto-pulmonary HTN
pulmonary vasodilation (takes O2 longer to travel across membrane)
porto-pulmonary HTN
dyspnea (sob)
R ventricle overload
porto-pulmonary HTN
screening for porto-pulmonary HTN
echo
ECHO and pulse ox
main symptom is dyspnea
porto-pulmonary HTN
screening tool for hepatopulmonary syndrome
Pulse ox (and then ABG if <94%)
to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome
Echo (seeing bubbles from R to L in heart after third cardiac cycle)
low MELD
transplantation needed due to gastric compression
liver labs normal
polycystic liver disease
autoimmune
recurrent cholangitis
PSC
risk for rare cholangiocarcinoma
indication for liver transplant
PSC
workup for liver transplant for everyone
cross sectional abd imaging
ECHO w/ bubbles
pulse ox; ABG
what age to screen for colon cancer
45
what age to screen for prostate cancer (PSA)
> 50
ischemic heart disease evaluation for low risk patients
stress test
ischemic heart disease for evaluation for high risk patients
heart cath
what does a liver transplant recipient have to have
someone to help them