Critical care issues in adult liver transplantation

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 112-119

  Gopal, Palepu B ^a   Kapoor, Dharmesh ^a   Raya, Ravichandra ^a   Subrahmanyam, M ^a   Juneja, Deven ^a   Sukanya, B ^a  

^a Global Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Adult liver transplantation; Critical care; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIODARONE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CYCLOSPORIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DOBUTAMINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PROSTACYCLIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALLOGRAFT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANASTOMOSIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; COMA; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART STRESS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATITIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSYCHOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 75749152989     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.58535     Document Type: Review

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