Liver Transplantation - Basic Issues

Preface......Page 1
Part_1......Page 11
01_History and Evolution of Liver Transplantation......Page 13
Part_2......Page 29
02_Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Associated with Liver Transplantation in 2011: Past and Future......Page 31
03_The Influences of Nitric Oxide on Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury......Page 67
Part_3......Page 83
04_Immunology of Liver Transplantation......Page 85
05_Clinical Immunosuppression......Page 105
Part_4......Page 133
06_Prognostic Factors for Survival in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis......Page 135
07_The Rise of Glutaminase in End-Stage Liver Diseases......Page 155
Part_5......Page 167
08_Disease Targeted Measures of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease Before and After Liver Transplantation......Page 169
Part_6......Page 201
09_Hepatitis C and Liver Transplantation......Page 203
10_HCV-Recurrence After Liver Transplantation......Page 215
11_Management of Recurrent HCV and HBV Infections after Liver Transplantation......Page 235
Part_7......Page 259
12_Role of Liver Transplantation in Acute Liver Failure......Page 261
13_Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)......Page 287
14_Liver Transplantation Due to Abdominal Trauma......Page 313
Part_8......Page 329
15_Intensive Care Management of Patients Prior to Liver Transplantation......Page 331
16_Anesthesia in Liver Transplantation......Page 343
17_Cardiovascular Monitoring and Substitution of the Blood Volume During Liver Transplantation......Page 369
18_The Post-Reperfusion Syndrome (PRS): Diagnosis, Incidence and Management......Page 395
19_Malignant Hyperthermia in Liver Transplantation......Page 407