Program

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Friday, July 4th, 2025

08:00-08:15 Welcome and introduction

08:15-10:00 SESSION 1

08:15-08:30 Prevalence and risk factors for chronic liver disease: identifying the patients at risk / Mikolasevic I, HR

08:35-08:50 How to diagnose liver cirrhosis by noninvasive tools? / Garcovich M, IT

• Clinical diagnosis

• Non-invasive tests

08:55-09:10 When, to whom and how to perform liver biopsy? (Hari A, SLO)

09:15-09:30 Liver biopsy interpretation: what to expect from a pathologist? / Skrtic A, HR

09:35-09:50 How to treat and follow a patient with compensated cirrhosis / Jarcuska P, SK

• Etiological treatment

• Role of endoscopy: should it be done and when?

• Screening for HCC and EV

09:50-10:00 Discussion

10:00-10:15 Coffee break

10:15-11:30 Workshop 1: Ultrasound and elastography for hepatologists (hands-on)

10:15-10:30 Introductory lecture: basics of liver ultrasound and elastography / Bozic D, HR

10:30-11:30 Hands-on ultrasound

11:45-13:30 SESSION 2

11:45-12:00 New concepts of liver decompensation / Grgurevic I, HR

• Acute vs non-acute

• Stable vs unstable vs pre-ACLF

• Further decompensation

• ACLF

12:05-12:20 Decompensated patient: the first 24 hours and beyond / Dinjar Kujundzic P, HR

12:25-12:40 Ascites and hyponatremia: easy or not really? / Virovic Jukic L, HR

12:45-13:00 Hepatorenal syndrome: common mistakes / Sesa V, HR

13:05-13:20 Hepatic encephalopaty / Milovanovic T, SRB

13:20-13:30 Discussion

13:30-14:30 Lunch break

14:30-16:00 Workshop 2: Bleeding gastroesophageal varices

14:30-14:50 Introductory lecture: treatment approach to bleeding GEV / Garcia Pagan JC, ES

14:55-16:00 Meet the expert & hands-on: banding, glueing, tubing, stenting / Bokun T, HR

16:00-17:30 SESSION 3

16:00-16:15 TIPS: when and to whom? / Procopet B, RO

16:15-16:30 Acute on chronic liver failure: treatment challenges / Papp M, HU

16:30-16:45 Is there a place for plasma exchange in patients with liver cirrhosis? / Skladany L, SK

16:45-17:00 When to refer, and when not to refer a patient for liver transplantation? / Filipec Kanizaj T, HR

17:00-17:15 Discussion and concluding remarks of the DAY 1.

20:00 Networking & discussion dinner for participants

Saturday, July 5th, 2025

09:00-09:45 SESSION 4

09:00-09:15 Nutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis / Saray A, BH

09:15-09:30 Obesity and cirrhosis / Solak M,

09:30-09:45 Discussion

10:00-12:00 Workshop 3: Case-based learning

Cases:

a) Patient with compensated cirrhosis / Stojsavljevic S, HR & Sperl J, CZ

b) Patient with decompensated cirrhosis / Mijić M, HR & Frankova S, CZ

c) Patient with variceal bleeding / Pastrovic F, HR & Procopet B, RO

d) Cardiac & circulatory management in decompensated cirrhosis / Keres T, HR & Pavicic Saric J, HR

12:15-12:30 Discussion and concluding remarks