DAY ONE: Saturday, April 28
8:20 am to 9:00 pm
Saturday, April 28
I. OVERVIEW & PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Introduction
S.Caldwell/A. Sanyal
Update on Normal Coagulation
Maureane Hoffman
Coagulopathy in Cirrhosis: Overview
Armando Tripodi
The Platelet in Liver Disease
Ton Lisman
II. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY:
SUPERIMPOSED CONDITIONS
Hyperfibrinolysis
Francesco Violi
Infection and Coagulation in Cirrhosis
Andrew Burroughs
The Platelet in Renal Failure
Gines Escolar
Endothelial Function in Cirrhosis
Sam Lee
Endogenous Heparinoids
Marco Senzolo
LUNCH BREAK
III. CONTROVERSIES
IN LIVER DISEASE COAGULOPATHY:
THE MELD SCORE
PT
INR - MELD - A Reliable Measure
Patrick S. Kamath
PT INR - MELD - An Unreliable Test
James Trotter
Question and Answer
OPEN FORUM: INTERACTIVE CASES
IV. THERAPEUTICS
Blood Products
Richard J. Benjamin
Volume Expansion, Portal htn and Renal Failure
Pere Gines
Volume Contraction Therapy
Robert Porte
PANEL DISCUSSION
OPEN RECEPTION
