WEB150729 - Basics of Liver Disease and Transplantation (ILDA series)

Description

Moderator: Marian Charlton, RN, SRN, CCTC

 

Objectives

1. Describe liver structure and function
2. Describe primary causes of end-stage liver disease
3. Explain basics of liver evaluation process, MELD, and candidacy differences for living donor liver transplant recipients
4. Discuss selecting the appropriate candidate for Living Donor Transplant
5. Discuss recipient post-transplant complications

Speaker(s):

• Robert Brown, MD, MPH