Table 3.
Indications |
Symptom based |
Intractable pruritus refractory to medical therapy |
Hepatic encephalopathy |
End-stage liver disease |
Recurrent variceal haemorrhage |
Episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis |
Pulmonary hypertension |
Hepato-pulmonary syndrome |
Diuretic resistant ascites |
Progressive osteopaenia |
Muscle-wasting |
Hepatoma (Milan criteria) |
Biochemistry |
Serum bilirubin > 150 μmol/L |
Serum albumin < 25 g/L |