| Description |
1 online resource (386 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Companion Website; Abbreviations; PART 1: When to Refer a Patient for Liver Transplantation; CHAPTER 1: General Considerations; General principles; Acute liver failure: paracetamol hepatotoxicity; Acute liver failure: non-paracetamol aetiologies; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Chronic liver disease: natural history; Chronic liver disease: prognostic scoring systems; Chronic biliary diseases: primary biliary cirrhosis, sclerosing cholangitis |
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Diuretic-resistant/intolerant ascites and chronic hepatic encephalopathyHepato-pulmonary syndrome; Porto-pulmonary hypertension; Patients who are human immunodeficiency virus carriers; Other unusual indications; Specific medical surgical and psychosocial issues; Obesity; Cigarette smoking; Substance misuse; Alcohol; Age; Compliance; Summary; Further reading; CHAPTER 2: Prognostic Models in Liver Transplantation; Introduction; Development of prognostic models; Inherent strengths and weaknesses of prognostic models; Models for liver disease; Child-Turcotte-Pugh model; MELD, MELD-Na and PELD |
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UKELDModels for specific liver diseases; Alcoholic hepatitis; Acute liver failure; Non-liver-specific models; Further reading; PART 2: Selection, Assessment and Management on the List; CHAPTER 3: Assessing the Potential Transplant Recipient; Introduction; General issues when assessing a potential liver transplant recipient; 1 Will the patient survive the perioperative period? Does the patient have comorbidities that could impact on the graft or patient survival? |
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2 Will the patient be compliant with complex medication regimens and outpatient appointments? Are there any associated psychosocial issues?Assessing cardiovascular operative risk; Assessing pulmonary operative risk; Assessing surgical risks; The patient with a previous history of malignancy; Simultaneous liver and kidney transplantation; Assessing long-term cardiovascular risk; Consent; Further reading; CHAPTER 4: Consent; The principles of consent; Consent and transplantation; Timing of consent; What information should be given to the prospective transplant recipient? |
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What is risk and what should be discussed?Explaining risk; Research; Further reading; CHAPTER 5: Management on the Waiting List; Introduction; Ascites; Refractory ascites; Hyponatraemia; Infections and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; Prophylaxis; Renal failure including hepatorenal syndrome; Presentation and diagnosis; Treatment; Hepatic encephalopathy; Treatment; Prophylaxis; Variceal bleeding; Gastric varices; Nutrition; Immunisations; Further reading; CHAPTER 6: Specific Diseases; Parenchymal liver disease; Alcohol-related liver disease; Hepatitis B virus infection |
| Summary |
With the number of patients requiring liver transplants on the rise, this practical volume provides much needed answers to critical questions. It explains when to refer a patient for liver transplantation, how to assess a potential liver transplant recipient, how to manage the hospitalized transplant patient, and potential complications. Packed with text features such as key points and ""what to avoid"" boxes, the text progresses chronologically through each stage of the liver transplantation process. It includes 30 high definition videos of transplant surgery by the world's leading experts, a |
| Notes |
Hepatitis C virus infection |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Liver -- Transplantation.
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Liver Transplantation
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Liver -- Transplantation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ferguson, James
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Newsome, Philip N
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| ISBN |
9781118676011 |
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1118676017 |
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9781118676059 |
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111867605X |
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9781118675915 |
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1118675916 |
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9781118277386 |
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1118277384 |
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9781118675922 |
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1118675924 |
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9781299749740 |
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1299749747 |
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9781119634010 |
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1119634016 |
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