What's new... 9 August 2010
LICAGE 2010 Pisa, Italy 23-24 September 2010
The next meeting of the Liver Intensive Care Group of Europe will take place in the Opera Primaziale Museum in Pisa, Tuscany, a few metres from the magnificent Leaning Tower (Torre Pendente), organised by Gianni Biancofiore and John Klinck. There is a distinguished international faculty. This will be a small, friendly meeting with a scientific program of exceptional quality. The meeting is now fully subscribed. A waiting list has been created in the event of cancelled registrations.
Second Announcement Full program details
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ILTS at the ASA: Perioperative Care in Liver Transplantation
Friday 15 October, San Diego, California - save the date
The premier North American meeting on anesthesiology and critical care for liver transplantation Course Directors Michael Ramsay and Randolph Steadman
Program and registration details coming soon...Audio lectures from New Orleans 2009 available in Lectures
ILTS Annual Congress Hong Kong 16-19 June 2010: a very successful meeting, with 1100 delegates and 500 abstracts.. Go to abstracts
Many of the congress lectures will be posted soon.
Clinical updates A new section edited by Susan Mandell (University of Colorado) features concise, state-of-the-art CME reviews on clinical topics. The first reviews have now been posted: Michael Ramsay on Portopulmonary Hypertension, Michael Krowka on Hepatopulmonary Syndrome, Florence Wong on Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy, Catherine Paugam-Burtz on Hepatorenal Syndrome and Susan Mallett on Coagulopathy in Liver Disease.
Journal Club - a new monthly feature
Edited by Jim Findlay (Mayo Rochester), Journal Club surveys all key journals in liver transplantation, anesthesiology, critical care, hepatology and general medicine, selecting at least one per month for critical comment. Read Fuat Saner's review of the recent paper ADP-dependent platelet function prior to and in the early course of pediatric liver transplantation and persisting thrombocytopenia are positively correlated with ischemia/reperfusion injury. Go to Literature for this paper's PubMed abstract and related links.
LICAGE - ELITA Joint Meeting on Acute Liver Failure - Innsbruck, Austria
10-12 February 2011: save the dates!
Analgesia for LDLT donors and cardiovascular fitness for liver transplant: go to Discussions to comment. See Michael Kaufman's queries (Lahey Clinic, Boston), and comments from Christopher Wray (UCLA) and Michael Paleologos (Sydney).
LICAGE Vienna 2009: a full range of audio-linked Powerpoint presentations now available in Lectures
About this site: This forum is a non-profit educational resource for specialists and trainees in anaesthesia and critical care involved in the management of liver transplant patients. It provides updates on publications in this field, expert commentary, access to relevant national reports and guidelines and information on meetings and training opportunities worldwide. It is administered by clinicians affiliated with the Liver Intensive Care Group of Europe (LICAGE) and the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS). We wish to respond to the needs of frontline physicians and healthcare providers, especially those working in smaller programs and in developing health systems. Content is in English but we welcome submissions from non-English speakers and will edit or translate these whenever possible. Use Contact editors at left to reach us.
Anesthesia/CCM Section Editor: John Klinck
Communications: Clare Melikian
Associate Editors: Gianni Biancofiore, Jim Findlay, Susan Mandell, Claus Niemann, Yves Ozier, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Fuat Saner, Rob Sladen, Randolph Steadman, Ann Walia, Julia Wendon, Andre de Wolf
The ILTS physician web administrator for the specialty sections is Dr John Klinck. To contact him with constructive comments and ideas on these sections email john.klinck@addenbrookes.nhs.uk.
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