title: General principles of perioperative transplant care.
abstract: Along with the development of more specific and potent immunosuppressive agents, improvements in perioperative care of the allograft recipient have made transplantation of nonrenal organs a reality and contributed greatly to overall improvements in graft and patient survival. Thorough pretransplant evaluation, intensive care therapy and monitoring (when indicated), and meticulous postoperative care are essential to a successful outcome and to minimize the occurrence of complications.
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Gruber
authors: F B
authors: FB
authors: Cerra
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*