The psychosocial evaluation of transplant candidates

JR Maldonado - psychosocial care of end-stage organ disease and …, 2019 - Springer
Despite the exponential growth in the need for organs, the method by which the medical
community selects transplant recipients has seen little in terms of definitive change or the …

[HTML][HTML] Critical care issues in adult liver transplantation

PB Gopal, D Kapoor, R Raya… - Indian Journal of …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over the last decade, liver transplantation has become an operational reality in our part of
the world. As a result, clinicians working in an intensive care unit are more likely to be …

Investigation of Post-Transplant Mental Well-Being in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatic Encephalopathy

S Saritaş, S Tarlaci, S Bulbuloglu, H Guneş - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Objective: In this study, we aimed to examine the healing trend of hepatic encephalopathy
after transplantation surgery in patients with liver failure. Method: We conducted this …

Neurological events after liver transplantation: a single‐center experience

F Pinero, M Mendizabal, R Quiros… - Transplant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to identify potential risk factors linked to neurologic events (NE)
occurring after liver transplantation (LT) and use them to construct a model to predict such …

Pretransplant severe hepatic encephalopathy, peritransplant sodium and post‐liver transplantation morbidity and mortality

D Brandman, SW Biggins, B Hameed… - Liver …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) does not enhance the prediction of model of end‐
stage liver disease (MELD) wait‐list mortality, but its influence on post‐liver transplantation …

Tacrolimus‐related seizure after pediatric liver transplantation–A single‐center experience

M Xie, W Rao, LY Sun, ZJ Zhu, YL Deng… - Pediatric …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
To identify the risk factors for new‐onset seizures after pediatric LT and to assess their
clinical implications and long‐term prognosis. The clinical and laboratory data of 27 …

Neurological recovery after recovery from acute liver failure: is it complete?

AC Anand, P Singh - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2019 - Elsevier
Neurologic dysfunction characterised by Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) and cerebral
oedema are the most dramatic presentations of Acute Liver Failure (ALF) and signify poor …

Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes related with neurological events after liver transplantation in adult and pediatric recipients

F Piñero, Y Cheang, M Mendizabal… - Pediatric …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Controversy exists whether NE after LT are more frequently observed in children or adults.
We aimed to compare the incidence and outcomes for NE after LT in pediatric and adult …

Considerations on the impact of hepatic encephalopathy treatments in the pretransplant setting

LW Teperman, VP Peyregne - Transplantation, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a common complication of acute and chronic liver disease
associated with exposure of brain tissue to excessive levels of ammonia produced by …

The neurology of solid organ transplantation

JD Avila, S Živković - Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2015 - Springer
Transplantation is the rescue treatment for end-stage organ failure with more than 110,000
solid organs transplantations performed worldwide annually. Recent advances in …