Pediatric liver transplantation : a clinical guide /
Hadžić, Nedim,author.
Baumann, Ulrich,MD,editor.
McLin, Valérie Anne,editor.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed on February 3, 2021).
ClinicalKey
Liver
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children.
Liver Transplantation
Liver Transplantation.
Child.
Infant.