This book focuses on patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) who could qualify for liver transplants. This patient cohort raises many problems: who should be treated, and when is it too late for a transplant? The authors are all dedicated experts in the field of ESLD/liver transplantation, but they come from different disciplines and have different views of the problem.
In the past 15 years, many things have changed in the treatment of these patients: cardiac assessment, treatment of porto-pulmonary hypertension, hemodynamics, coagulation assessment and management, diagnosis of kidney failure, and the timing of dialysis. This book comprehensively discusses these issues to provide physicians starting in the field of transplantation with an overview of different areas of concern.
This book is aimed at specialists and trainees in critical care, hepatology, anesthesia, surgery, and nephrology.
