{"product_id":"medical-care-of-the-liver-transplant-patient-isbn-9781405130325","title":"Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient","description":"\u003ci\u003eMedical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient\u003c\/i\u003e looks at monitoring and maintaining the health of organ recipients and donors, pre, during and post-operatively.  \u003cp\u003eThere 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this edition there are new chapters on special considerations in liver transplant patients such as viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease and live donor liver transplantation. It also contains the very latest information concerning complications and recurring problems after transplantation. Another new chapter considers fresh approaches and developments in the future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a vital reference to all members of the medical team involved at different stages in the care of liver transplantation patients including hepatologists, gastroenterologists, transplant surgeons, specialist nurses, and nutritionists.\u003c\/p\u003e  Introduction. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Management of the Potential Transplant Recipient.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Selection and Evaluation of the Recipient (includingRetransplantation).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon C. Rockey\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Monitoring the Patient Awaiting Transplantation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeat Mullhaupt.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Management of Portal Hypertension and Biliary Problems Prior to Transplantation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNazia \u003ci\u003eSelzner, Janet E. Tuttle-Newhall, and Beat Mullhaupt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Psychosocial Evaluation of the Potential Recipient.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobyn Lewis Claar.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Financial Considerations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul C. Kuo and Rebecca A. Schroeder\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Donor Organ Distribution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard B. Freeman, Jr and Jeffrey Cooper.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Viral Hepatitis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul G. Killenberg.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Hepatoma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Varela, Margarita Sala, and M. Jordi Bruix\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Alcoholism and Alcoholic Liver Disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Hudson and Kaushik Agarwal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(including Cholangiocarcinoma), and Autoimmune Hepatitis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeat Mullhaupt and Alastair D. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Metabolic Diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid A. Tendler\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12. Living Donor Liver Transplantation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames F. Trotter and Wesley Kasen\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Fulminant Hepatic Failure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael A. Heneghan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Management in the Perioperative Period\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14. The Transplant Operation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucas McCormack, Markus Selzner, and Pierre-Alain Clavien\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15. The Difficult Surgical Patient.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert J. Porte, Lucas McCormack, and Pierre-Alain Clavien\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16. Surgical Aspects of Living Donor Transplantation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZakiyah Kadry and Pierre-Alain Clavien.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17. Anesthesia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKerri M. Robertson and Marco Piero Zalunardo\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18. Recovery in the Immediate Postoperative Period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulie S. Hudson and Judith W. Gentile\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19. Rejection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradley H. Collins and Dev M. Desai\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20. Vascular Complications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Suhocki, S. Ravi Chari, and Richard L. McCann\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21. Biliary Complications following Liver Transplantation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucas McCormack and Peter Bauerfeind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22. The Role of Histopathology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary K. Washington and M. David N. Howell\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Chronic Medical Problems in the Transplant Recipient\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23. Medical Problems after Liver Transplantation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEberhard L. Renner and Jean-Francois Dufour\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24. Recurrence of the Original Liver Disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlastair D. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25. Infections in the Transplant Recipient.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara D. Alexander and Kimberly Hanson\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 26. Renal Function Posttransplant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen R. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 27. Cutaneous Diseases in the Transplant Recipient.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah A. Myers and Juan-Carlos Martinez\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 28. Productivity and Social Rehabilitation of the Transplant Recipient.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarli S. Pontillo\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Medications\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 29. Immunosuppressive Medications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew J. Muir.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 30. Drug Interactions with Commonly Used Immunosuppressive Agents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul G. Killenberg\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5: Pediatric Liver Transplantation\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 31. Special Considerations for Liver Transplantation in Children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Burdelski and Xavier Rogiers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 6: Liver Transplantation in the Future\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 32. New Approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarkus Selzner and Leo Buhler\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  “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.” \u003ci\u003eDigestive and Liver Disease, October 2006\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e“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.” \u003ci\u003efrom review in \u003cb\u003eHepatology\u003c\/b\u003e on first edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview of the first edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “...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...”\u003c\/p\u003e  Paul G. Killenberg MD, Chief of Division, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, USA\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre-Alain Clavien\u003c\/b\u003e, MD PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Zuerich University Medical Center, Switzerland\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003eMedical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this edition there are new chapters on special considerations in liver transplant patients such as viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease and live donor liver transplantation. It also contains the very latest information concerning complications and recurring problems after transplantation. Another new chapter considers fresh approaches and developments in the future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a vital reference to all members of the medical team involved at different stages in the care of liver transplantation patients including hepatologists, gastroenterologists, transplant surgeons, specialist nurses, and nutritionists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989600747749,"sku":"NP9781405130325","price":297.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405130325.jpg?v=1761784761","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/medical-care-of-the-liver-transplant-patient-isbn-9781405130325","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}