Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient
Subtitle: Total Pre-, Intra- and Post-Operative Management
Contributors: Paul G Killenberg (Editor); Pierre-Alain Clavien (Editor)
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: May 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9781405130325
Subjects: Clinical & Internal Medicine; Gastrointestinal & colorectal surgery; Surgery - General; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Nursing - Home & Community Care; Gastroenterology; Nephrology; LIVER_SURGERY; Medical / Surgery / General; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TRANSPLANTATION OF ORGANS, TISSUES, ETC; Liver Transplantation; Patient Selection; Postoperative Care
First sentence: END-STAGE liver disease (cirrhosis) is a major health problem, causing more than 25,000 deaths each year in the United States alone.