{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} Model for End-Stage Liver Disease/Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease Exception Policy and Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Requiring Liver Transplantation

Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Describe the impact of the MELD/PELD HPS exception policy on outcomes in pediatric patients receiving LT in the United States.
  2. Explain the relationship between pretransplantation oxygenation levels and posttransplantation survival in pediatric patients with and without HPS.
  3. Assess clinical and demographic variables that may have value in predicting post-LT outcomes.
Price: $30.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.0 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Professions: Physician
Test Code: LVT0223B
Published: February 1, 2023
Expires: 1/31/2025
Required Passing Score: 1/1 (100%)
Authors: Muhammad H. Raza, Yong Kwon, Pierre Kobierski, Asish C. Misra, Angelina Lim, Cameron Goldbeck, Kambiz Etesami, Rohit Kohli, and Juliet Emamaullee
Categories: Hepatology
Specialties: Hepatology