TY - JOUR
T1 - Liver Transplantation
T2 - From Child to MELD
AU - Gallegos-Orozco, Juan F.
AU - Vargas, Hugo E.
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - The widespread availability of transplantation in most major medical centers in the United States, together with a growing number of transplant candidates, has made it necessary for primary care providers, especially Internal Medicine and Family Practice physicians to be active in the clinical care of these patients before and after transplantation. This review provides an overview of the liver transplantation process, including indications, contraindications, time of referral to a transplant center, the current organ allocation system, and briefly touches on the expanding field of living donor liver transplantation.
AB - The widespread availability of transplantation in most major medical centers in the United States, together with a growing number of transplant candidates, has made it necessary for primary care providers, especially Internal Medicine and Family Practice physicians to be active in the clinical care of these patients before and after transplantation. This review provides an overview of the liver transplantation process, including indications, contraindications, time of referral to a transplant center, the current organ allocation system, and briefly touches on the expanding field of living donor liver transplantation.
KW - Cirrhosis
KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma
KW - Liver disease
KW - Liver transplantation
KW - Viral hepatitis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mcna.2009.03.010
DO - 10.1016/j.mcna.2009.03.010
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19577123
AN - SCOPUS:67649414283
SN - 0025-7125
VL - 93
SP - 931
EP - 950
JO - Medical Clinics of North America
JF - Medical Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -