Transplante Hepático 2012
PREAMBLE
This practice guideline has been approved by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Society of Transplantation. These recommendations provide a data-supported approach to management of adult patients who have success- fully undergone liver transplantation. They are based on the following: (1) a formal review and analysis of recently published world literature on the topic (via a MEDLINE search); (2) A Manual for Assessing Health Practices and Designing Practice Guidelines (American College of Physicians)1; (3) guideline policies,2 includ-
ing the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases policy on the development and use of practice guidelines and the American Gastroenterological Association policy statement on guidelines3; and (4) the experience of the authors in the specified topic.
