Liver ICU

The Liver Intensive Care Unit is an integral part and cornerstone of excellent outcomes for patients with liver disease. It provides integrated investigation and treatment for all types of acute and chronic liver diseases as well as research into pathogenesis and future patient management.

Liver Intensive Care is one of its one-of-a-kind Specialist Critical Care Units with a unique facility and a reputation of high-quality International standards for the Management of Complex Acute Liver Failure, Acute on Chronic Liver Failure and End end-stage liver Disease patients.

The unit comprises a dedicated team of Intensivists with vast experience in managing Liver Transplant and Liver Failure patients. Our Chief Liver Intensivist has experience in managing complex Liver Failure patients associated with Multiorgan dysfunction, complicated Living-Donor and Deceased-Donor Liver Transplant patients and Post-operative care of various HPB Surgical cases. The chief intensivist with his dedicated team of more is ably assisted by a highly qualified, well-trained, and experienced team of dedicated doctors including a team of Pediatric Liver Intensivists to look after the precious pediatric category of patients. The Intensive care team works in tandem with senior Hepatologists and Liver Transplant Surgeons. This is the only ICU which boasts of a dedicated hepatologist.

The specialist team has been setting International standards for patient care for almost a decade now and is one of the leading centres in the country for the development and use of advanced and innovative therapies.

The team takes care of the appropriate patient selection, ensuring fitness, preoperative optimization of Liver Transplant patients, perioperative care and post-transplant recovery resulting in continuous high-quality and safe care. The Liver ICU is well supported by allied department Consultants who are pioneers in their respective fields.

We have a dedicated Infectious Disease Consultant and Infection Control team to help us deal with and manage one of the commonest and most challenging issues of infections, not only in the management but also in forming protocols to control and avoid infections in this group of immunosuppressed patients.

The nursing staff play a vital role in the management of Liver Transplant and Liver ICU patients. The team consists of highly qualified nurses who are specially trained in handling high-risk patients. A 1:1 nursing ratio is maintained for critically ill patients in the liver ICU which helps improve care, and safety and reduce infections.