Medical care of the liver transplant patient : total pre-, intra- and post-operative management / edited by Paul G. Killenberg, Pierre-Alain Clavien.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Killenberg, Paul G.

Clavien, Pierre-Alain.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liver--Transplantation.

Liver.

Postoperative care.

Preoperative care.

Liver Transplantation.

Patient Selection.

Postoperative Care.

Preoperative Care.

Medical Subjects:

Liver Transplantation.

Patient Selection.

Postoperative Care.

Preoperative Care.

Physical Description:

xiii, 597 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

Summary:

Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient looks at monitoring and maintaining the health of organ recipients and donors, pre, during and post-operatively. There are thirty-two chapters containing practical advice on total patient management. They are arranged into 6 sections and follow the stages of transplantation from first indication and selection of potential recipient, through to acute recovery, long-term follow-up and continued health.

In this edition there are new chapters on special considerations in liver transplant patients such as viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease and live donor liver transplantation. It also contains the very latest information concerning complications and recurring problems after transplantation. Another new chapter considers fresh approaches and developments in the future.

This is a vital reference to all members of the medical team involved at different stages in the care of liver transplantation patients including hepatologists, gastroenterologists, transplant surgeons, specialist nurses, and nutritionists.

Contents:

Part 1 Management of the Potential Transplant Recipient 1

Chapter 1 Selection and Evaluation of the Recipient (including Retransplantation) / Don C. Rockey 3

Chapter 2 Monitoring the Patient Awaiting Transplantation / Beat Mullhaupt 18

Chapter 3 Management of Portal Hypertension and Biliary Problems Prior to Transplantation / Nazia Selzner, Janet E. Tuttle-Newhall, Beat Mullhaupt 43

Chapter 4 Psychosocial Evaluation of the Potential Recipient / Robyn Lewis Claar 66

Chapter 5 Financial Considerations / Paul C. Kuo, Rebecca A. Schroeder 79

Chapter 6 Donor Organ Distribution / Richard B. Freeman, Jr, Jeffrey Cooper 87

Chapter 7 Viral Hepatitis / Paul G. Killenberg 108

Chapter 8 Hepatoma / Maria Varela, Margarita Sala, M. Jordi Bruix 119

Chapter 9 Alcoholism and Alcoholic Liver Disease / Mark Hudson, Kaushik Agarwal 139

Chapter 10 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (including Cholangiocarcinoma), and Autoimmune Hepatitis / Beat Mullhaupt, Alastair D. Smith 149

Chapter 11 Metabolic Diseases / David A. Tendler 172

Chapter 12 Living Donor Liver Transplantation / James F. Trotter, Wesley Kasen 195

Chapter 13 Fulminant Hepatic Failure / Michael A. Heneghan 208

Part 2 Management in the Perioperative Period 227

Chapter 14 The Transplant Operation / Lucas McCormack, Markus Selzner, Pierre-Alain Clavien 229

Chapter 15 The Difficult Surgical Patient / Robert J. Porte, Lucas McCormack, Pierre-Alain Clavien 242

Chapter 16 Surgical Aspects of Living Donor Transplantation / Zakiyah Kadry, Pierre-Alain Clavien 256

Chapter 17 Anesthesia / Kerri M. Robertson, Marco Piero Zalunardo 270

Chapter 18 Recovery in the Immediate Postoperative Period / Julie S. Hudson, Judith W. Gentile 297

Chapter 19 Rejection / Bradley H. Collins, Dev M. Desai 304

Chapter 20 Vascular Complications / Paul Suhocki, S. Ravi Chari, Richard L. McCann 323

Chapter 21 Biliary Complications following Liver Transplantation / Lucas McCormack, Peter Bauerfeind 339

Chapter 22 The Role of Histopathology / Mary K. Washington, M. David N. Howell 359

Part 3 Chronic Medical Problems in the Transplant Recipient 395

Chapter 23 Medical Problems after Liver Transplantation / Eberhard L. Renner, Jean-Francois Dufour 397

Chapter 24 Recurrence of the Original Liver Disease / Alastair D. Smith 419

Chapter 25 Infections in the Transplant Recipient / Barbara D. Alexander, Kimberly Hanson 439

Chapter 26 Renal Function Posttransplant / Stephen R. Smith 460

Chapter 27 Cutaneous Diseases in the Transplant Recipient / Sarah A. Myers, Juan-Carlos Martinez 473

Chapter 28 Productivity and Social Rehabilitation of the Transplant Recipient / Karli S. Pontillo 489

Part 4 Medications 503

Chapter 29 Immunosuppressive Medications / Andrew J. Muir 505

Chapter 30 Drug Interactions with Commonly Used Immunosuppressive Agents / Paul G. Killenberg 522

Part 5 Pediatric Liver Transplantation 537

Chapter 31 Special Considerations for Liver Transplantation in Children / Martin Burdelski, Xavier Rogiers 539

Part 6 Liver Transplantation in the Future 563

Chapter 32 New Approaches / Markus Selzner, Leo Buhler 565.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1405130326

OCLC:

61879077

Publisher Number:

9781405130325