Research Catalog

Title

The practice of liver transplantation / edited by Roger Williams, Bernard Portmann, Kai-Chah Tan.

Publication

Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Portmann, Bernard.
• Tan, Kai-Chah.
• Williams, Roger, 1931-

Description

xii, 304 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Subject

• Liver Transplantation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Requirement of staff and facilities / R. Williams and K. C. Tan -- 2. The role of the transplant coordinator - priority and UKTSSA / F. Boyd, M. Jackson and N. D. Heaton -- 3. Retrieval teams and national organisation / N. D. Heaton and K. C. Tan -- 4. General considerations in selection and management of patients / J. Devlin and R. Williams -- 5. Cholestatic liver disease / J. Neuberger and M. Farrant -- 6. Autoimmune chronic hepatitis, cryptogenic cirrhosis and chronic viral hepatitis / P. Johnson and G. Alexander -- 7. Alcoholic liver disease / M. R. Lucey and G. L. A. Bird -- 8. Hepatic malignancy, Budd Chiari syndrome and space-occupying conditions / J. R. McPeake, B. Portmann and G. McEntee -- 9. Haemochromatosis, Wilson's disease and hepatic enzyme defects in adults / M. Lombard and G. Mieli-Vergani -- 10. Disorders of infancy and childhood / G. Mieli-Vergani and A. P. Mowat -- 11. Acute liver failure / J. Wendon and R. Williams --
• 12. Anaesthesia and intraoperative management / D. Potter and S. Cottam -- 13. Transfusion and haemostatic requirements / H. Hambley and P. Langley -- 14. Donor operation and organ preservation / M. Rela, J. Bruce Dunne and J. M. Tredger -- 15. Standard orthotopic operation, retransplantation and piggybacking / M. T. Corbally, M. Rela, N. D. Heaton and K. C. Tan -- 16. Surgical techniques of segmental reduction, split and auxiliary liver transplantation / N. D. Heaton, M. T. Corbally, M. Rela and K. C. Tan -- 17. Living-related liver transplantation / N. D. Heaton and K. C. Tan -- 18. Management of the patient including infective episodes / J. G. O'Grady -- 19. Specific problem of cytomegalovirus infection / J. G. O'Grady and S. Sutherland -- 20. Type of rejection and immunosuppression / J. Devlin, P. Donaldson and R. Williams -- 21. Major biliary tract and vascular complications / A. E. S. Gimson, J. Karani and N. D. Heaton --
• 22. Laboratory monitoring of drug levels and drug interactions / J. M. Tredger and P. Y. N. Wong -- 23. Liver pathology and biopsy diagnosis / P. Portmann and E. Gane -- 24. Disease recurrence (viral and other disorders) / B. Portmann and J. Neuberger -- 25. Overall survival results: quality of life and management / J. Ramage, P. Wong, K. Hayllar and R. Williams -- Appendix 1: Antibacterial and antifungal regimes / J. Wade and N. Rolando -- Appendix 2: Nutritional status and supplementation / C. Wicks, D. Routley and A. Donaghy -- Appendix 3: Drugs prescribing and cost / S. Fitt and J. Ramage -- Appendix 4: Technical procedures in ventilatory, circulatory and renal support; ICP monitoring / J. Wendon and A. Pucknell.

ISBN

0443049696

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries