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Management of Patients with Liver Transplantation in ICU by Areti Karapanagiotou; Achillefs Pitsoulis; Maria Vasileiou; Nikolaos Voloudakis is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Management of Patients with Liver Transplantation in ICU about?

Liver transplantation constitutes the most effective and indispensable treatment of end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Major advances in surgical techniques, anesthesiological management, postoperative care, immunosuppression, and diagnostic approach have led to increased overall survival of patients. Postoperative care poses a great challenge since detrimental occurrences that need prompt treatment may affect the graft or distant organ functionality. Adequate graft function is strongly associated with distant organ restoration and rapid patient recovery. In the ICU setting, the main focal points are hemodynamic stabilization, coagulation and electrolyte disturbances correction, respiratory support, early weaning from mechanical ventilation, and evaluation of graft functionality. It is of paramount importance to facilitate early graft recovery, recognize and promptly treat systematic complications and life-threatening sequelae, and individualize treatment protocols considering graft quality, donor's and recipient's health status, and potential co-morbidities. To achieve those goals, technological advancements in continuous patient monitoring, graft functionality, and its metabolic res

Author

Areti Karapanagiotou; Achillefs Pitsoulis; Maria Vasileiou; Nikolaos Voloudakis

Published

2019

Language

EN