UCLA 16th Annual UCLA Liver Diseases Symposium 2023
Format: 9 videos + 9 pdfs, size: 3.1 GB
Course Audience: hepatologists, radiologists and surgeons
Overview:
The 16th Annual UCLA Liver Diseases Symposium will provide a state-of-the-art update and scientific exchange on prevalent liver diseases and their complications using a multi-disciplinary approach with hepatologists, radiologists and surgeons.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Hepatologists, Radiologists, Surgeons, Nurses, Allied Healthcare Professionals, Fellows, and Residents.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Diagnose and develop a treatment strategy for acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis.
- Identify indications and evaluation for liver transplantation, as well as the role of MELD in organ allocation.
- Review the pros and cons of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts (TIPS) in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension, including expanding indications.
- Implement new and novel strategies for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
- Discuss specific liver disorders and injuries in women, as well as pregnancy hepatic complications.
- Treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and be able to employ noninvasive tests for diagnosis and risk stratification.
- Review the treatment of alcohol hepatitis, including long-term follow up, and understand controversies associated with early liver transplantation.
- Discuss updates in the management of patients with viral hepatitis B, including those immunotolerant, and considerations for stopping antiviral therapy.
- Diagnose acute liver failure, and risk stratify patients according to available laboratory results and clinical parameters.
Bronchure (PDF Format)
Current Evaluation and Treatment of NASH (Video MP4 Format)Current Evaluation and Treatment of NASH (PDF Format)Debate Treating Patients in the Hepatitis B Gray Zone and Stopping Hepatitis B Therapy (Video MP4 Format)Debate Treating Patients in the Hepatitis B Gray Zone and Stopping Hepatitis B Therapy (PDF Format)Evaluation, Listing and Allocation in Liver Transplantation (Video MP4 Format)Increasing Role of TIPS in the Management of Patients with Cirrhosis (Video MP4 Format)Increasing Role of TIPS in the Management of Patients with Cirrhosis (PDF Format)Liver Diseases in Women, Including those who are Pregnant (Video MP4 Format)Liver Diseases in Women, Including those who are Pregnant (PDF Format)Long Term Care of Patients with Alcohol Liver Disease including those with Alcohol Hepatitis (Video MP4 Format)Long Term Care of Patients with Alcohol Liver Disease including those with Alcohol Hepatitis (PDF Format)Panel Case Discussion Acute Liver Failure (Video MP4 Format)Panel Case Discussion Acute Liver Failure (PDF Format)Panel Case Discussion Multi-disciplinary Approach to Liver Cancer (Video MP4 Format)Panel Case Discussion Multi-disciplinary Approach to Liver Cancer (PDF Format)Update on Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Cirrhosis (Video MP4 Format)Update on Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Cirrhosis (PDF Format)