Optimizing Liver Transplant Patient Management: Expert Insights

By David Goldberg MD JD, with collaboration from Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin

Dr. Goldberg has assembled a state-of-the-art issue devoted to the management of liver transplant patients. Expert authors have contributed current clinical reviews that cover the breadth of the pre- and post-surgical journey. This comprehensive guide aims to enhance the understanding and management of liver transplant patients, providing insights into the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the field.

Key Topics Covered

• Obesity management of liver transplant waitlist candidates and recipients
• Expanding the limits of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Is there a limit
• Frailty and sarcopenia in patients pre- and post-liver transplant
• Achieving tolerance in liver transplantation: Where are we now and what does the future hold
• Expanding role of donation after cardiac death donors
• Optimizing selection of patients for simultaneous liver-kidney transplant
• Keeping the patient with end-stage liver disease alive while awaiting transplant: Management of complications of portal hypertension
• Expanding donor selection and recipient indications for living donor liver transplantation
• The changing liver transplant recipient: From hepatitis C to NASH and alcohol
• Cardiovascular risk stratification in liver transplant candidates
• The role of machine perfusion in liver transplantation: Warm, Cold, or does it not matter
• Paradigm shift in utilization of livers from hepatitis C-viremic donors into HCV-negative patients
• Transplantation of elderly patients: Is there an upper age cutoff
• Transplantation for acute alcoholic hepatitis: Controversies and early successes

This issue is designed to provide hepatologists with the information they need to improve outcomes in liver transplant patients. It serves as a valuable resource for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of the complex pre- and post-surgical journey of liver transplant patients.

Product Details

Language: English

Pages: 240

ISBN-10: 0323791921

ISBN-13: 978-0323791922

Publisher: Elsevier (November 29, 2020)

Format: Hardcover