Liver Disease

Call or email the Hospice Team for the most accurate assessment of the patient’s eligibility.

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Eligibility Criteria

First: INR >1.5 and Albumin <2.5

And one of the following:

  1. Ascites, refractory to treatment or patient non-compliant or
  2. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis or
  3. Hepatorenal Syndrome (elevated creatinine and BUN with oliguria and urine Na<10 mEq/L) or
  4. Hepatic encephalopathy, refractory to treatment, or patient non-compliant or
  5. Recurrent Variceal Bleeding, despite intensive therapy.

Supportive Evidence

  1. Progressive malnutrition
  2. Muscle wasting
  3. Continued active alcoholism
  4. Hepatocellular carcinoma
  5. Hepatitis B
  6. Hepatitis C, refractory to interferon
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