An Essential Guide for Managing Post-Liver Transplant Patients: What Primary Care Physicians Should Know - 08/02/22
, Giacomo Germani, MD, PhD b, Alberto Ferrarese, MD b, Davide Bitetto, MD a, Alberto Zanetto, MD, PhD b, Ezio Fornasiere, MD a, Elisa Fumolo, MD a, Sarah Shalaby, MD, PhD b, Patrizia Burra, MD, PhD bAbstract |
With long-term survival after liver transplantation becoming the rule, care for medical problems arising over time in liver-transplanted patients gained increasing importance. The most common causes of death occurring more than 1 year after liver transplantation are unrelated to liver diseases and facilitated by immunosuppressive treatments; examples are malignancies, renal failure, and cardiovascular, metabolic, and infectious diseases. Recipients receive life-long follow-up care at transplant centers, however, the increasing number of liver-transplanted patients is saturating the health care supply that transplant centers have to offer. Primary care physicians are increasingly exposed to liver-transplanted patients, even in the early periods after transplant, and an understanding of the most common risks and complications faced by these patients would enhance their care. This article reviews the long-term care of liver transplant recipients, emphasizing the key internal medicine-related issues that should be known by primary care physicians. A specific section is devoted to implementing strategies to involve these physicians in the long-term follow-up of liver-transplanted patients in close collaboration with transplant hepatologists.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : Cardiovascular disease, De novo malignancies, Immunosuppression, Liver transplantation, Metabolic syndrome
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Vol 135 - N° 2
P. 157-166 - février 2022 Regresar al númeroBienvenido a EM-consulte, la referencia de los profesionales de la salud.
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