TY - JOUR
T1 - Nursing Care of Patients With Cirrhosis: The LiverHope Nursing Project
AU - Fabrellas, N. ria
AU - Carol, Marta
AU - Palacio, Ester
AU - Aban, Marites
AU - Lanzillotti, Tommaso
AU - Nicolao, Gea
AU - Chiappa, Maria Teresa
AU - Esnault, Vanessa
AU - Graf-Dirmeier, Sabine
AU - Helder, Jeltje
AU - Gossard, Andrea
AU - Lopez, Mireia
AU - Cervera, Marta
AU - Dols, Lacey L.
AU - the LiverHope Consortium Investigators
AU - Solà, Elsa
AU - Pose, Elisa
AU - Caraceni, Paolo
AU - Vargas, Victor
AU - Alessandria, Carlo
AU - Beuers, Ulrich
AU - Trebicka, Jonel
AU - Durand, François
AU - Mookerjee, Rajeshwar
AU - Angeli, Paolo
AU - Korenjak, Marko
AU - Abraldes, Juan G.
AU - Watson, Hugh
AU - Kamath, Patrick S.
AU - Ginès, Pere
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Cirrhosis is a complex disease that is associated with disturbances in different organs besides the liver, including kidneys, heart, arterial circulation, lungs, gut, and brain. As a consequence, patients develop a number of complications that result in frequent hospital admissions and high morbidity and mortality. Patients with cirrhosis require constant and rigorous monitoring both in and outside the hospital. In this context, the role of nurses in the care of patients with cirrhosis has not been sufficiently emphasized and there is very limited information about nursing care of patients with cirrhosis compared with other chronic diseases. The current article provides a review of nursing care for the different complications of patients with cirrhosis. Nurses with specific knowledge on liver diseases should be incorporated into multidisciplinary teams managing patients with cirrhosis, both inpatient and outpatient. Conclusion: Nurses play an important role in the management and prevention of complications of the disease and improvement in patients’ quality of life and bridge the gap between clinicians and families, between primary care and hospital care, and provide medical education to patients and caregivers.
AB - Cirrhosis is a complex disease that is associated with disturbances in different organs besides the liver, including kidneys, heart, arterial circulation, lungs, gut, and brain. As a consequence, patients develop a number of complications that result in frequent hospital admissions and high morbidity and mortality. Patients with cirrhosis require constant and rigorous monitoring both in and outside the hospital. In this context, the role of nurses in the care of patients with cirrhosis has not been sufficiently emphasized and there is very limited information about nursing care of patients with cirrhosis compared with other chronic diseases. The current article provides a review of nursing care for the different complications of patients with cirrhosis. Nurses with specific knowledge on liver diseases should be incorporated into multidisciplinary teams managing patients with cirrhosis, both inpatient and outpatient. Conclusion: Nurses play an important role in the management and prevention of complications of the disease and improvement in patients’ quality of life and bridge the gap between clinicians and families, between primary care and hospital care, and provide medical education to patients and caregivers.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082109454&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.31117
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.31117
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31944340
SN - 0270-9139
VL - 71
SP - 1106
EP - 1116
JO - Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
JF - Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
IS - 3
ER -