Full Description
This book explains liver transplantation for hepatologists and gastroenterologists. Many hepatologists and gastroenterologists are reluctant to check on their patients after liver transplantations. They immediately call the transplant programs to transfer these patients, sometimes with problems easily manageable by local care systems. This, in part, is because of the fear of doing something wrong, unfamiliarity, and lack of knowledge about post-transplant management of these patients.
With better knowledge about technical aspects of liver transplantation, it would be easier for hepatologists and gastroenterologists to acknowledge potential complications in earlier stages and react properly for better care of their patients. This book breaks down liver transplantation into three parts: the pre-transplant period, the transplant process, and post-transplant care, to best equip hepatologists and gastroenterologists with the information they need to be more familiar withliver transplantation.
Liver Transplantation: What every Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist Needs to Know offers a comprehensive review of liver transplantation for hepatologists, gastroenterologists, fellows, and residents in the field of gastroenterology, hepatology, and internal medicine.
Contents
SECTION I.- Indications for Liver Transplantation.- Pathophysiology of Endstage Liver Disease.- candidate Evaluation for Liver transplantation.- Management of Portal Hypertension.- Management of Critically Sick patient.- Kidney in Liver Transplant candidates.- Cardiopulmonary issues in Patients with End-stage Liver Disease.- Pre-transplant Infectious Problems.- Liver Transplantation for Malignancies.- Metabolic Liver Diseases and Their Management.- Role of social workers in evaluation of candidates for liver transplantation.- Evaluation of Living Donors for Liver Transplantation. SECTION II.- Liver Transplant Procedure.- Deceased Donation and Liver Transplantation.- Liver Transplantation from Partial Livers: Living Donor, Split, Reduced-size.- Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation.- Histocompatibility Tests for Liver Transplantation- an Immunological Aspect.- Combined Organ Transplantation.- SECTION III.- Interpretation of Blood Work after Liver Transplantation.- Immunosuppression and treatment of rejection after liver transplantation.- THE ROLE OF THE CLINICAL TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.- Post-Liver Transplant pathology.- Early and late complications after Liver Transplantation.- Infection After Liver Transplantation.- Role of the Interventional Radiologist in Caring for Patients With Complications After Orthotopic Liver Transplant.- Abdominal Imaging after Liver Transplantation.- Role of Interventional Endoscopy after Liver Transplantation.- Disease recurrence after Liver Transplantation.- Metabolic Problems after Liver Transplantation.- Post-Transplant malignancies.
