Medical care of the liver transplant patient, 3E [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul G. Killenberg, Pierre-Alain Clavien, associate editors Alastair Smith, Beat Müllhaupt

• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2006
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (618 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.55620592
• Soggetto topico: Liver - Transplantation; Postoperative care; Preoperative care
• Altri autori: ClavienPierre-Alain KillenbergPaul G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Medical care of the liver transplant patient, 3E
• ISBN: 1-281-32238-5; 9786611322380; 0-470-75154-1; 0-470-75153-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996201964703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno