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Pediatric liver transplantation : a clinical guide / [edited by] Nedim Hadžić, Ulrich Baumann, Valérie Anne McLin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hadžić, Nedim, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liver--Transplantation.
- Liver.
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children.
- Liver Transplantation--methods.
- Liver Transplantation.
- Child.
- Infant.
- Medical Subjects:
- Liver Transplantation--methods.
- Liver Transplantation.
- Child.
- Infant.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 470 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Brief history of pediatric liver transplantation
- What is different between pediatric and adult liver transplantation?
- Health system requirements for pediatric liver transplantation
- Managing a scarce resource in pediatric liver transplantation
- Indications and contraindications for pediatric liver transplant
- Preparation for pediatric liver transplant: medical aspects
- Psychological/social aspects
- Living donor liver transplantation in children
- ABO incompatibility: indications and management
- Liver and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Combined liver and kidney transplantation
- Combined transplantation liver-heart, lung, and/or pancreas
- Combined liver and small bowel transplantation
- The transplant procedure: surgical aspects and techniques
- Anesthetic aspects
- Post-operative care after liver transplantation
- Types of rejection
- Anti-rejection strategies
- Anti-infection strategies
- Early vascular complications
- Biliary complications in pediatric liver transplantation
- General aspects of early management
- Hematologic complications after liver transplant
- Role of histology following pediatric liver transplantation
- Surgical complications
- Recurrence of disease after liver transplantation
- Immunological and other late complications
- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease
- Role of radiology and interventional radiology after pediatric liver transplantation
- Role of biomarkers in monitoring liver allograft function
- Liver assist systems in pediatric liver failure
- Cell transplantation
- Gene therapy
- Biliary atresia
- Alagille syndrome
- Liver transplantation for acute liver failure in children
- Auxiliary liver transplantation for acute liver failure in children
- Liver transplantation for liver tumors in children
- Metabolic conditions
- Liver retransplantation
- Pediatric liver transplantation in Asia
- Pediatric liver transplantation in South America: incidence and indications
- Psychosocial outcomes after pediatric liver transplantation
- Chronic graft injury
- Prospects for immune tolerance
- Challenges for young people with liver disease including transition to adult services
- Future of liver transplantation in children.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed on February 3, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pediatric liver transplantation.
- ISBN:
- 9780323636728
- 0323636721
- 9780323636735
- 032363673X
- OCLC:
- 1225354560
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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