Liver Transplantation: Update of Concepts and Practice, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

Kalyan Ram Bhamidimarri (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2015
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
978-0-323-32016-0 (ISBN)

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A number of areas within liver transplant continue to evolve as the field matures. The advent of increasingly effective therapy for HCV will dramatically reduce the burden of recurrent disease within the next few years. HCC has become a well established indication for transplant with an increasing emphasis on adjuvant therapies to reduce the risk of tumor recurrence and potentially expand the acceptable limits of tumor burden amenable to liver transplant. Renal dysfunction is a frequent complication of decompensated liver disease and an important predictor of diminished post-transplant survival. Newer approached to therapy including terlipressin will reduce the impact of renal dysfunction in liver transplant candidates and potentially reduce the need for combined liver/kidney transplant. Increasing attention is being paid to role of comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension on long-term recipient outcomes. Retransplantation remains a challenge with a variety of models available to predict outcomes. Cardiac disease pretransplant is an area of active investigation with newer entities such as cirrhotic cardiomyopathy a growing concern. These are some of many evolving issues in liver transplant which will be addressed to update our readers and which in turn will enhance the care of patients with liver disease.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.7.2015
Reihe/Serie	The Clinics: Internal Medicine
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Viszeralchirurgie
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Gastroenterologie
ISBN-10	0-323-32016-3 / 0323320163
ISBN-13	978-0-323-32016-0 / 9780323320160
Zustand	Neuware