Care of the critically ill child after liver transplantation.
The many potential problems related to liver transplantation are intensified when the recipient is an infant or a child. The nursing diagnoses and interventions presented in this article can be a guide to the critical care nurse in management of sources of infection, rejection by the patient's own immune system, fluid volume, and electrolyte balance.
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D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000451:nursing*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014181:Transplantation Immunology