Acute Liver Failure with Dr. Jim Squires & Dr. Maria Pliakas--Part 1

James E. Squires MD, MS, is a pediatric hepatologist and is certified in pediatric gastroenterology and advanced/transplant hepatology by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and is the Associate Director of Hepatology and the Program Director for the Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from University of Texas in Galveston and completed his residency followed by his fellowships in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Advanced/Transplant Hepatology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Maria Pliakas is a critical care fellow at the University of Michigan, she is interested in the way we can best sedate patients with acute liver failure as we bridge them to transplant. We are SO grateful that she reached out to us, and that she was able to recruit Dr. Squires for this episode. 

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Squires JE, Alonso EM, Ibrahim SH, Kasper V, Kehar M, Martinez M, Squires RH. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Position Paper on the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Jan 1;74(1):138-158. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003268. PMID: 34347674.

Squires JE, Rudnick DA, Hardison RM, Horslen S, Ng VL, Alonso EM, Belle SH, Squires RH. Liver Transplant Listing in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure: Practices and Participant Characteristics. Hepatology. 2018 Dec;68(6):2338-2347. doi: 10.1002/hep.30116. Epub 2018 Nov 1. PMID: 30070372; PMCID: PMC6275095.

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