Critical care of the liver transplant ICU patients: A Pittsburgh "Point of view"

Critical Care and Shock

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 44-52

  Vukcevic, Zoran ^a   Marik, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOPAMINE; ENDOTHELIN; FUROSEMIDE; HETASTARCH; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NADOLOL; NORADRENALIN; OCTREOTIDE; OFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; SPIRONOLACTONE; TACROLIMUS; TERLIPRESSIN; THROMBOXANE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; MEDLINE; MONOTHERAPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

EID: 34347203701     PISSN: 14107767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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