Evaluation of orthotopic liver transplant recipients presenting to the emergency department.
Improved survival rates and more centers performing liver transplantation have resulted in increasing numbers of liver transplant recipients presenting to emergency departments. This article familiarizes emergency physicians with orthotopic liver transplantation and complications that cause liver transplant recipients to visit EDs.
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, USA. esavitsk@ucla.edu
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D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D010343:Patient Admission; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy