Overview

Pre- and post-operative care of transplant patients is an aspect of Critical Care Medicine in which most ICU physicians and nurses have received little or no formal training and are left to cope with this complex population with only incomplete 'on-the-job experience' as a guide. In response to this clinical knowledge gap, ICU Care of Abdominal Organ Transplant Patients provides a concise bedside resource fo intensivists, surgeons, and nurses caring for abdominal organ transplant patients before and after surgery. In a concise, practical style, the authors offer concrete solutions to questions and situations confronted by ICU clinicians. Chapters address general principles of immunosuppression, infectious complications, management, and nursing considerations, plus indications, approach to anesthesia, transplant procedure, and post-operative care for liver, kidney, pancreas, islet cell, and small bowel and multivisceral transplantation.

Full Product Details

Author:   Ali Al-Khafaji (Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.10cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780199768899

ISBN 10:   0199768897
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   11 April 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Intensive Care Unit Management of Patients with Decompensated Liver DiseaseChapter 1. Spontaneous Bacterial PeritonitisChapter 2. Hepatic EncephalopathyChapter 3. Upper Gastrointestinal BleedingChapter 4. Refractory Ascitis and Hepatic HydrothoraxChapter 5. Acute Kidney Injury including Hepatorenal SyndromeChapter 6. Respiratory Failure in patients with End Stage Liver DiseaseChapter 7. Malnutrition in Chronic Liver DiseaseSection 2: TransplantationChapter 8. General Principles of ImmunesuppressionChapter 9. Infectious complications after abdominal solid organ transplantChapter 10. General Management of Transplant Patients in the ICUChapter 11. Nursing ConsiderationsChapter 12. Indications for Liver TransplantationChapter 13. An Approach to Anesthesia for Liver TransplantationChapter 14. Liver transplant procedureChapter 15.Graft dysfunction and Technical Complications after Liver TransplantChapter 16. Kidney Transplantation Chapter 17: Anesthesia Care for Kidney Transplant RecipientsChapter 18. Kidney Transplantation: Surgical techniquesChapter 19: Pancreas TransplantationChapter 20: Anesthetic Management of Pancreatic Transplant Recipients.Chapter 21: Surgical Techniques of Pancreas TransplantationChapter 22: Islet Cell TransplantationChapter 23: Small Bowel and Multivisceral transplantation

Reviews

<br> This is a quick introduction to care of a complex patient group. The presentation is clear, but additional diagrams and references could be helpful. Readers should be aware that the greatest emphasis is on liver transplantation, which is the topic of half of the chapters. -- DOODY'S<br><p><br>

This is a quick introduction to care of a complex patient group. The presentation is clear, but additional diagrams and references could be helpful. Readers should be aware that the greatest emphasis is on liver transplantation, which is the topic of half of the chapters. -- DOODY'S

Author Information

Assistant Professor and Consultant; Director of Transplant Intensive Care Unit, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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