title: [Management of the liver transplant patient].
abstract: The general practitioner plays a crucial role in the care for the liver transplant recipient. The number of liver transplant recipients increasing steadily by about 50 a year in Switzerland, the practitioner will increasingly be confronted with such patients. A close cooperation between general practitioner and transplant center is mandatory and the key to success. This paper aims at introducing the general practitioner to the care for the liver transplant recipient.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gastroenterologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Renner
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis