Consensus on the management of complications of cirrhosis of the liver in pediatrics

Abstract

The Asociación Mexicana de Hepatología A.C. carried out the Consensus on the Management of Complications of Cirrhosis of the Liver in Pediatrics to provide physicians with useful information for treating said complications. A group of pediatric gastroenterologists and experts in nutrition, nephrology, and infectious diseases participated and reviewed the medical literature. The Delphi method was applied to obtain the level of agreement on the statements that were formulated. The statements were sent to the participants to be analyzed and voted upon, after which they were discussed in virtual sessions, and the final versions were produced. The aim of the consensus results was to issue indications for the management of pediatric patients with liver cirrhosis, to prevent or control complications.

Keywords: Children and adolescents; Chronic liver disease; Complicaciones de cirrosis hepática; Complications of liver cirrhosis; Consenso; Consensus; Enfermedad hepática crónica; Niños y adolescentes; Tratamiento de cirrosis hepática; Treatment of liver cirrhosis.