Pediatric liver transplantation : a clinical guide /
Written and edited by global leaders in the field, Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Clinical Guide covers all aspects of treatment and management regarding this multifaceted procedure and unique patient population. This practical reference offers detailed, focused guidance in a highly templated, e...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Philadelphia, PA :
Elsevier,
[2021]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Brief history of pediatric liver transplantation
- What is different between pediatric and adult liver transplantation?
- Health system requirements for pediatric liver transplantation
- Managing a scarce resource in pediatric liver transplantation
- Indications and contraindications for pediatric liver transplant
- Preparation for pediatric liver transplant: medical aspects
- Psychological/social aspects
- Living donor liver transplantation in children
- ABO incompatibility: indications and management
- Liver and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Combined liver and kidney transplantation
- Combined transplantation liver-heart, lung, and/or pancreas
- Combined liver and small bowel transplantation
- The transplant procedure: surgical aspects and techniques
- Anesthetic aspects
- Post-operative care after liver transplantation
- Types of rejection
- Anti-rejection strategies
- Anti-infection strategies
- Early vascular complications
- Biliary complications in pediatric liver transplantation
- General aspects of early management
- Hematologic complications after liver transplant
- Role of histology following pediatric liver transplantation
- Surgical complications
- Recurrence of disease after liver transplantation
- Immunological and other late complications
- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease
- Role of radiology and interventional radiology after pediatric liver transplantation
- Role of biomarkers in monitoring liver allograft function
- Liver assist systems in pediatric liver failure
- Cell transplantation
- Gene therapy
- Biliary atresia
- Alagille syndrome
- Liver transplantation for acute liver failure in children
- Auxiliary liver transplantation for acute liver failure in children
- Liver transplantation for liver tumors in children
- Metabolic conditions
- Liver retransplantation
- Pediatric liver transplantation in Asia
- Pediatric liver transplantation in South America: incidence and indications
- Psychosocial outcomes after pediatric liver transplantation
- Chronic graft injury
- Prospects for immune tolerance
- Challenges for young people with liver disease including transition to adult services
- Future of liver transplantation in children.