AASLD/AST LT Candidate 2026 — AASLD AST Practice Guideline on Adult Liver Transplantation: Candidate Evaluation
AASLD/AST, 2026
All patients with acute liver failure should be referred to a liver transplant center for urgent evaluation; referral and transfer planning should begin early, before deterioration makes transport unsafe. Transplant-center involvement does not imply that transplantation is inevitable because some patients recover with specialist supportive care.
Clinical Context & Relevant Topics (2)
Disease ReferenceHyperammonemia, cytotoxic cerebral edema, balanced coagulopathy, N-acetylcysteine, 3% saline neuroprotection, CRRT ammonia clearance, and King's College transplant criteria.
Immediate and subsequent ICU care after liver transplantation: donor type and ischemia exposure, hemodynamics, graft dysfunction, vascular/biliary complications, rejection, infection, AKI, neurotoxicity and immunosuppression