Explore this practical and step-by-step guide to managing liver transplant patients from leading international clinicians in Hepatology The newly revised Second Edition of Liver Transplantation: Clinical Assessment and Management delivers expert clinical guidance on best practices in managing the care of liver transplant patients. Authors are all experts in their field and cover a world-wide perspective. Organized in an accessible, stepwise fashion and packed with text features such as key points, the book covers all critical areas of each stage of the liver transplant journey, from assessment, to management on the list, to long term care. Readers will learn when to refer a patient for liver transplantation, how to assess a potential liver transplant recipient, learn the principles of the procedure and the long term management of the transplant recipient. Liver Transplantation provides the entire hepatology and surgical team the information required for a sound understanding of the entire procedure, from pre- to post-operative care and management. Clinically oriented and management-focused, the book is far more accessible than the liver transplant sections in traditional hepatology textbooks. Readers will also enjoy: * A thorough discussion of when to refer a patient for liver transplantation, including general considerations and the use and abuse of prognostic models * An exploration of the selection, assessment, and management of patients on the transplant list, including how to manage a patient with chronic liver disease while on the waiting list * A treatment of liver transplantation for acute liver failure (ALF), including assessment and management of ALF patients on the transplant waiting list * A discussion of care of the liver transplant recipient after the procedure in the short and long term Perfect for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and surgeons and other health care professionals managing patients with liver disease who are awaiting, undergoing and following liver transplantation, Liver Transplantation: Clinical Assessment and Management will also earn a place in the libraries of medical students, residents, internal medicine physicians, and GI/Hepatology trainees and all health care professionals providing clinical care to people with liver disease, before, during and after transplantation.

JAMES NEUBERGER, DM, FRCP is Consultant Physician in the Liver Unit, Birmingham, UK. A previous President of the British Association for the Study of the Liver, he has over 35 years of liver transplantation and disease experience and has edited five books on liver disease and liver transplantation and published extensively in liver disease and transplantation. JAMES FERGUSON, MD, FRCPE is Consultant Hepatologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK. He has extensive experience in managing patients with liver disease and in liver transplantation. PHILIP N. NEWSOME, PHD, FRCPE is Professor of Experimental Hepatology and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist, Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer for the College of Medical & Dental Sciences and Director of the Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research in the University of Birmingham, UK. Currently Secretary General of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, he continues to research in all aspects of liver disease and stem cell therapy. MICHAEL RONAN LUCEY, MD, FRCPI is Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA. A past President of the American Society of Transplantation, he continues to publish widely in the field of liver disease and liver transplantation.

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