A systems-based approach to patient care after liver transplantation.

Authors :: Gillespie, Mark
Rizzolo, Denise
Source :: JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins); Jan2018, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p14-19, 6p
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Liver transplantation is a cure to many devastating acute and end-stage liver diseases. In the immediate postoperative period, patients are prone to graft, end-organ, and immunosuppressive complications. This article reviews the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of acute postoperative liver transplant complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: TREATMENT of surgical complications
IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE agents
LIVER failure
LIVER transplantation
PATHOLOGICAL laboratories
POSTOPERATIVE care
CONTINUING education units
SURGICAL complications
DIAGNOSIS

Language :: English
ISSN :: 15471896
Volume :: 31
Issue :: 1
Database :: Complementary Index
Journal :: JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 126794999
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.JAA.0000527694.68417.0a