Critical care for potential liver transplant candidates. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dmitri Bezinover, Fuat Saner, editors.
• Editors: Bezinover, Dmitri; Saner, Fuat
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Contents; Chapter 1: Cardiac Evaluation and Management; Introduction; Coronary Artery Disease; Importance; Screening; History, Risk Factors, Cardiac Symptoms, and Functional Capacity; Noninvasive Ischemia Testing; Resting Electrocardiogram (EKG); Stress Echocardiography; Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; Cardiac Contrast Tomography/Coronary CT Angiography; Cardiopulmonary Fitness Evaluation; Coronary Angiography; Recommendations; Management of CAD in LT Candidates; Outcomes in LT Candidates with CAD; CAD Management in LT ICU Patients; Structural Heart Disease Valvular Heart DiseaseStenotic Lesions; Insufficiency; Outflow Tract Obstruction; PFO/ASD; Congenital Heart Disease; Fontan Circulation; Other Congenital Defects; Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy; Arrhythmia; Ventricular Arrhythmias; Atrial Fibrillation; Bradyarrhythmias; References; Chapter 2: Pulmonary Evaluation of Liver Transplant Candidates; Introduction; An Overview of Pulmonary Diseases that Affect Liver Transplant Candidates; Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS); Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Pathophysiology; Portopulmonary Hypertension; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Pathophysiology Other: Hepatic Hydrothorax, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Interstitial Lung Disease, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, and Pulmonary NodulesPulmonary Preoperative Evaluation of Liver Transplant Candidates; History; Physical Examination; Laboratory Tests and Studies; Management of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome and Portopulmonary Hypertension; Hepatopulmonary Syndrome; Preoperative Management; Intraoperative Management; Post-transplant and Intensive Care Unit Management; Portopulmonary Hypertension; Preoperative Management Intraoperative ManagementPost-transplant and Intensive Care Unit Management; Prognosis; Summary; References; Chapter 3: Critical Care for Potential Liver Transplant Candidates: Ventilation; Introduction; Reasons for MV; Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU; How Can Invasive Mechanical Ventilation be Avoided?; Ventilator Settings in Cases of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation; Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia; Intraoperative Ventilator Settings; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Hemodynamic Changes and Modulation in Inpatients with Acute and Chronic Liver Failure Hemodynamic Changes in Patients with Acute Liver FailureAcute Liver Failure (ALF); Hemodynamic Derangement in ALF; Hemodynamic Management of Patients with ALF; Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF); Hemodynamic Derangement in ACLF; Hemodynamic Management of Patients with ACLF; References; Chapter 5: Management of Hyponatremia in End-Stage Liver Disease; Introduction; Definition and Prevalence; Prognostic Significance; Morbidity; Mortality; Pathophysiology; Diagnosis; Treatment of Hyponatremia: General Principles; Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.02/8; Critical care medicine; Liver -- Transplantation; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319929347; 3319929348
• Related ISBNs: 9783319929330
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 8, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.