TABLE 24.  Criteria for referral of patients for transplantation*

Chronic liver disease in general Portal hypertension with bleeding from esophageal varices or portal gastropathy Intractable ascites (Recurrent) spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Portal-systemic encephalopathy Malnutrition Intractable fatigue Hypoalbuminemia Rising INR

Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis** Progressive jaundice Intractable pruritus Progressive hepatic osteodystrophy Ascending cholangitis (in PSC)

*Assuming no contraindications exist. **In addition to those criteria listed above.