New Graduate Guide to Management of Acute Liver Failure
Ideal For New/Recent Graduates, Veterinarians
Dr Philip Judge
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Dr Philip Judge
BVSc MVS PG Cert Vet Clin Stud MACVSc (Vet. Emergency and Critical Care; Medicine of Dogs)
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New Graduate Guide to Management of Acute Liver Failure
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A collapsed, jaundiced dog with liver enzymes that are off the scale can be one of the most daunting cases to manage, as a new or recent graduate – and can feel like a diagnostic and therapeutic minefield.
This webinar will replace your anxiety with a clear, logical roadmap. We’ll strip this complex syndrome back to its fundamentals, using the liver’s core functions – detoxification, synthesis, and metabolism – as a framework to understand why these patients are so sick. From there, we’ll build a step-by-step diagnostic and therapeutic pathway to help you provide the best supportive care for your patient. You will learn how to manage complications like hepatic encephalopathy and coagulopathies, and how to buy your patient the vital time they need for their liver to regenerate.
Key Learning Points
From Function to Failure: Understand how the liver’s key roles in detoxification, synthesis, and metabolism directly relate to the clinical signs (e.g., encephalopathy, hypoglycaemia, bleeding) you see in your patient.
1. Learn a systematic, tiered approach to investigating ALF, moving beyond elevated enzymes to interpret functional markers and create a practical rule-out list.
2. Get practical guidance on managing complications of liver failure, including hypoglycaemia, hepatic encephalopathy, and coagulopathies, among others.
3. Understand why early nutritional support is critical for liver regeneration and how to choose the right diet without precipitating encephalopathy.
4. Identify the red flags that signal a poor response to therapy, and when to have honest conversations with owners or consider referral.
This webinar will replace your anxiety with a clear, logical roadmap. We’ll strip this complex syndrome back to its fundamentals, using the liver’s core functions – detoxification, synthesis, and metabolism – as a framework to understand why these patients are so sick. From there, we’ll build a step-by-step diagnostic and therapeutic pathway to help you provide the best supportive care for your patient. You will learn how to manage complications like hepatic encephalopathy and coagulopathies, and how to buy your patient the vital time they need for their liver to regenerate.
Key Learning Points
From Function to Failure: Understand how the liver’s key roles in detoxification, synthesis, and metabolism directly relate to the clinical signs (e.g., encephalopathy, hypoglycaemia, bleeding) you see in your patient.
1. Learn a systematic, tiered approach to investigating ALF, moving beyond elevated enzymes to interpret functional markers and create a practical rule-out list.
2. Get practical guidance on managing complications of liver failure, including hypoglycaemia, hepatic encephalopathy, and coagulopathies, among others.
3. Understand why early nutritional support is critical for liver regeneration and how to choose the right diet without precipitating encephalopathy.
4. Identify the red flags that signal a poor response to therapy, and when to have honest conversations with owners or consider referral.
