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Medical care of the liver transplant patient, 3E / edited by Paul G. Killenberg, Pierre-Alain Clavien, associate editors Alastair Smith, Beat Mullhaupt.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liver--Transplantation.
- Liver.
- Postoperative care.
- Preoperative care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (618 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 twenty-nine chapters containing practical advice on total patient management. They are arranged into 8 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
- Contents:
- Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient, 3E; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Management of the Potential Transplant Recipient; Chapter 1. Selection and Evaluation of the Recipient (including Retransplantation); Chapter 2. Monitoring the Patient Awaiting Transplantation; Chapter 3. Management of Portal Hypertension and Biliary Problems Prior to Transplantation; Chapter 4. Psychosocial Evaluation of the Potential Recipient; Chapter 5. Financial Considerations; Chapter 6. Donor Organ Distribution; Chapter 7. Viral Hepatitis; Chapter 8. Hepatoma
- Chapter 9. Alcoholism and Alcoholic Liver DiseaseChapter 10. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (including Cholangiocarcinoma), and Autoimmune Hepatitis; Chapter 11. Metabolic Diseases; Chapter 12. Living Donor Liver Transplantation; Chapter 13. Fulminant Hepatic Failure; Part 2: Management in the Perioperative Period; Chapter 14. The Transplant Operation; Chapter 15. The Difficult Surgical Patient; Chapter 16. Surgical Aspects of Living Donor Transplantation; Chapter 17. Anesthesia; Chapter 18. Recovery in the Immediate Postoperative Period; Chapter 19. Rejection
- Chapter 20. Vascular ComplicationsChapter 21. Biliary Complications following Liver Transplantation; Chapter 22. The Role of Histopathology; Part 3: Chronic Medical Problems in the Transplant Recipient; Chapter 23. Medical Problems after Liver Transplantation; Chapter 24. Recurrence of the Original Liver Disease; Chapter 25. Infections in the Transplant Recipient; Chapter 26. Renal Function Posttransplant; Chapter 27. Cutaneous Diseases in the Transplant Recipient; Chapter 28. Productivity and Social Rehabilitation of the Transplant Recipient; Part 4: Medications
- Chapter 29. Immunosuppressive MedicationsChapter 30. Drug Interactions with Commonly Used Immunosuppressive Agents; Part 5: Pediatric Liver Transplantation; Chapter 31. Special Considerations for Liver Transplantation in Children; Part 6: Liver Transplantation in the Future; Chapter 32. New Approaches; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611322380
- 9781281322388
- 1281322385
- 9780470751541
- 0470751541
- 9780470751534
- 0470751533
- OCLC:
- 476171445
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