Children with Cholestatic Liver Disease: Pruritus Management
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Pruritus is a common complication of cholestatic liver disease that can significantly impair quality of life. Intractable pruritus is an indication for liver transplant regardless of PELD/MELD score. The pathophysiology of pruritus is complex. Several medications serve as standards for treatment and recent advances in quantification has allowed for rigorous and controlled study of new medications. In certain circumstances, liver transplant can be avoided or delayed with surgical biliary intervention.
Supported by educational grants from Albireo, Mirum and Travere.

Saeed Mohammad, MD, MS (Moderator)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Director, Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Center, MCJCHV Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vania Kasper, MD (Moderator)
Medical Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Disease, Director, Cystic Fibrosis Program
Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Brown University

Alisha M. Mavis, MD (Moderator)
Pediatric Gastroenterologist , Hepatologist , Small Intestine Transplant, Pediatric Transplant Hepatologist
Duke University

Amy G Feldman, MD MSCS
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Center, Fellowship Director, Pediatric Advanced Hepatology and Liver Transplant Fellowship
University of Colorado and the Children’s Hospital Colorado

M. Kyle Jensen, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Primary Children´s Hospital
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