Critical Care for Potential Liver Transplant Candidates

Description

This book focuses on patients with end-stage-liver disease (ESLD) who could possibly qualify for liver transplant. This patient cohort raises many problems: who should be treated and also, when is it too late for transplant? The authors are all dedicated experts in the field of ESLD/liver transplantation, but from different disciplines with different views of the problem. In the past 15 years many things have changed in the treatment for these patients: cardiac assessment, treatment of porto-pulmonary hypertension, hemodynamics, coagulation assessment and management, diagnosis of kidney failure, and the timing of dialysis. These issues are comprehensively discussed in this book, in order to provide physicians starting in the field of transplantation an overview of different areas of concern. This book is aimed at specialists and trainees in critical care, hepatology, anesthesia, surgery, and nephrology. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Cardiac Evaluation and Management (Christopher Wray, James Y. Findlay)....Pages 1-23 Pulmonary Evaluation of Liver Transplant Candidates (Hilary M. DuBrock, Michael J. Krowka)....Pages 25-45 Critical Care for Potential Liver Transplant Candidates: Ventilation (Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Emmanuel Weiss, Samir Jaber)....Pages 47-53 Hemodynamic Changes and Modulation in Inpatients with Acute and Chronic Liver Failure (Ahmed M. Mukhtar)....Pages 55-68 Management of Hyponatremia in End-Stage Liver Disease (Vanessa G. Henke, Michael P. Bokoch, Linda L. Liu)....Pages 69-88 Sepsis and Septic Shock in Cirrhotic Patients (Antonios Katsounas)....Pages 89-100 The Hemostatic System in Patients with Cirrhosis, Monitoring of Coagulation and Management of Bleeding (Daniel Dirkmann)....Pages 101-118 Management of Thrombosis in the Liver Transplant Candidate (Alberto Zanetto, Marco Senzolo)....Pages 119-146 Acute Kidney Injury and Hepatorenal Syndrome (Salvatore Piano, Paolo Angeli)....Pages 147-161 Management of Upper GI Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients (Alexander Dechêne)....Pages 163-182 Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure (Miriam Maschmeier, Anna Hüsing-Kabar, Hartmut H. Schmidt)....Pages 183-194 Critical Care of the Acute Liver Failure Patient (Thomas A. Verbeek, Geraldine C. Diaz, John F. Renz)....Pages 195-215 Liver Assist Systems for Bridging to Transplantation: Devices and Concepts (Nathanael Raschzok, Karl Herbert Hillebrandt, Igor M. Sauer)....Pages 217-232 Back Matter ....Pages 233-238