Management of gastrointestinal disease in liver transplant recipients.
Gastrointestinal complications and diseases are common in liver transplant recipients. One must have a working knowledge of gastrointestinal disorders that existed before and de novo disease that occurs after transplantation. It is important to separate those routine conditions unrelated to transplantation from those either exacerbated or specifically related to the transplant surgery or immune suppression. The most frequent disorders encountered are related to medications, infections, and exacerbations of pre-existing gastrointestinal pathology.
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Section of Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Medical College of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0341, USA. rksterli@hsc.vcu.edu
D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000628:therapy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous