Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient (eBook)

Paul G. Killenberg MD, Chief of Division, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, USA Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Zuerich University Medical Center, Switzerland

Introduction.

Part 1: Management of the Potential TransplantRecipient.

Chapter 1. Selection and Evaluation of the Recipient(includingRetransplantation).

Don C. Rockey.

Chapter 2. Monitoring the Patient Awaiting Transplantation.

Beat Mullhaupt.

Chapter 3. Management of Portal Hypertension and BiliaryProblems Prior to Transplantation.

Nazia Selzner, Janet E. Tuttle-Newhall, and BeatMullhaupt.

Chapter 4. Psychosocial Evaluation of the PotentialRecipient.

Robyn Lewis Claar.

Chapter 5. Financial Considerations.

Paul C. Kuo and Rebecca A. Schroeder.

Chapter 6. Donor Organ Distribution.

Richard B. Freeman, Jr and Jeffrey Cooper.

Chapter 7. Viral Hepatitis.

Paul G. Killenberg.

Chapter 8. Hepatoma.

Maria Varela, Margarita Sala, and M. Jordi Bruix.

Chapter 9. Alcoholism and Alcoholic Liver Disease.

Mark Hudson and Kaushik Agarwal.

Chapter 10. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary SclerosingCholangitis.

(including Cholangiocarcinoma), and Autoimmune Hepatitis.

Beat Mullhaupt and Alastair D. Smith.

Chapter 11. Metabolic Diseases.

David A. Tendler.

Chapter 12. Living Donor Liver Transplantation.

James F. Trotter and Wesley Kasen.

Chapter 13. Fulminant Hepatic Failure.

Michael A. Heneghan.

Part 2: Management in the Perioperative Period.

Chapter 14. The Transplant Operation.

Lucas McCormack, Markus Selzner, and Pierre-AlainClavien.

Chapter 15. The Difficult Surgical Patient.

Robert J. Porte, Lucas McCormack, and Pierre-AlainClavien.

Chapter 16. Surgical Aspects of Living DonorTransplantation.

Zakiyah Kadry and Pierre-Alain Clavien.

Chapter 17. Anesthesia.

Kerri M. Robertson and Marco Piero Zalunardo.

Chapter 18. Recovery in the Immediate Postoperative Period.

Julie S. Hudson and Judith W. Gentile.

Chapter 19. Rejection.

Bradley H. Collins and Dev M. Desai.

Chapter 20. Vascular Complications.

Paul Suhocki, S. Ravi Chari, and Richard L. McCann.

Chapter 21. Biliary Complications following LiverTransplantation.

Lucas McCormack and Peter Bauerfeind.

Chapter 22. The Role of Histopathology.

Mary K. Washington and M. David N. Howell.

Part 3: Chronic Medical Problems in the TransplantRecipient.

Chapter 23. Medical Problems after Liver Transplantation.

Eberhard L. Renner and Jean-Francois Dufour.

Chapter 24. Recurrence of the Original Liver Disease.

Alastair D. Smith.

Chapter 25. Infections in the Transplant Recipient.

Barbara D. Alexander and Kimberly Hanson.

Chapter 26. Renal Function Posttransplant.

Stephen R. Smith.

Chapter 27. Cutaneous Diseases in the Transplant Recipient.

Sarah A. Myers and Juan-Carlos Martinez.

Chapter 28. Productivity and Social Rehabilitation of theTransplant Recipient.

Karli S. Pontillo.

Part 4: Medications.

Chapter 29. Immunosuppressive Medications.

Andrew J. Muir.

Chapter 30. Drug Interactions with Commonly UsedImmunosuppressive Agents.

Paul G. Killenberg.

Part 5: Pediatric Liver Transplantation.

Chapter 31. Special Considerations for Liver Transplantation inChildren.

Martin Burdelski and Xavier Rogiers.

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Part 6: Liver Transplantation in the Future.

Chapter 32. New Approaches.

Markus Selzner and Leo Buhler.

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Index.

"The book is well written, easy to read and full of valuable
references. [...] It is a valuable aid for both transplant and
non-transplant hepatologists and for surgeons. [...] It is one
of the few books combining all the relevant clinical aspects of the
continuously growing knowledge on liver transplantation, a special
setting where the coexistence of multidisciplinary competences and
skills is critical to allow optimal results." Digestive
and Liver Disease, October 2006

"This textbook facilitates the integration process by
providing an excellent resource for non-transplant physician who
care for patients with liver disease pre or post transplantation.
[...] The chapters provide a handy reference for the management
of most problems encountered by transplant patients following the
immediate post operative period." from review in
Hepatology on first edition

Review of the first edition

"...The authors encourage a dialogue between the personal
physician and the liver transplant center personnel...Detailed
discussion of management during the perioperative period should be
appreciated by specialists including hepatologists, transplant
surgeons, and transplant coordinators as well as residents and
fellows training in this discipline... this book is easy to read
and well worth its cost..."