On this podcast, GeriPal talks with Jen Lai, Ricky Shinall, Nneka Ufere, and Arpan Patel about end-stage liver disease from a geriatrics and palliative care perspective.
Topics include: the tension patients face between putting on the “best face” to be listed for transplant, potential and limitations of the MELD score for prognosis, and how frailty further stratified risk for older patients with end-stage liver disease, what is needed in terms of improved communication around the time of diagnosis, creating a safe space for serious illness communication, and resources for patients and caregivers, and a round robin about treatment of common and challenging symptoms.
Links: GeriPal (1/2022)
