Critical care issues following orthotopic liver transplantation

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-330

  Keegan, M T ^a   Pickering, B W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care; Intraoperative period; Liver transplantation; Postoperative period

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BOSENTAN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DROTRECOGIN; FENTANYL; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROMORPHONE; INSULIN; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; POLYSTYRENE; PROPOFOL; PROSTACYCLIN; RAPAMYCIN; SILDENAFIL; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BILE LEAKAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FALSE ANEURYSM; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALNUTRITION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; STENOSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL CARE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 79251495105     PISSN: 00264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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