TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term medical management of the liver transplant recipient
T2 - What the primary care physician needs to know
AU - Singh, Siddharth
AU - Watt, Kymberly D.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Recognition, management, and prevention of medical complications and comorbidities after liver transplant is the key to improved long-term outcomes. Beyond allograft-related complications, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, renal dysfunction, and malignancies are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in this patient population. Primary care physicians have an important role in improving outcomes of liver transplant recipients and are increasingly relied on for managing these complex patients. This review serves to assist the primary care physician in the long-term management issues of liver transplant recipients.
AB - Recognition, management, and prevention of medical complications and comorbidities after liver transplant is the key to improved long-term outcomes. Beyond allograft-related complications, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, renal dysfunction, and malignancies are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in this patient population. Primary care physicians have an important role in improving outcomes of liver transplant recipients and are increasingly relied on for managing these complex patients. This review serves to assist the primary care physician in the long-term management issues of liver transplant recipients.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.02.021
DO - 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.02.021
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22763347
AN - SCOPUS:84866421488
SN - 0025-6196
VL - 87
SP - 779
EP - 790
JO - Mayo Clinic proceedings
JF - Mayo Clinic proceedings
IS - 8
ER -