Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Paul A. Carpenter Marco Mielcarek Ann E. Woolfrey General Principles Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) typically is performed in patients with life-threatening disorders of the hematopoietic system. The…
Critical Care of the Liver and Intestinal Transplant Recipients Ruy J. Cruz Jr William D. Payne Abhinav Humar Introduction The field of liver transplantation has undergone remarkable advances in the…
DiagnosisandManagement of Rejection, Infection, and Malignancy in Transplant Recipients Tun Jie David L. Dunn Rainer W.G. Gruessner Allograft rejection in transplant recipients is the side effect of the complex and…
Management of the Organ Donor Christoph Troppmann In 2009, nearly 10,000 patients on the national organ transplant waiting list in the United States died or were de-listed because they had…
Care of the Pancreas Transplant Recipient Robert M. Esterl Jr Gregory A. Abrahamian David E.R. Sutherland Raja Kandaswamy Type 1 diabetes mellitus has two treatments: (a) exogenous insulin administration or…
Specific Critical Care Problems in Heart and Heart–Lung Transplant Recipients Sara J. Shumway Eias E. Jweied The advent of thoracic organ transplantation has brought new hope to patients who were…
Critical Care Problems in Kidney Transplant Recipients Mark L. Sturdevant Rainer W.G. Gruessner Introduction A kidney transplant (KTx) remains the most definitive and durable solution for patients reaching end-stage renal…
Immunosuppression in Solid-Organ Transplantation Amit Basu Arthur J. Matas Abhinav Humar Clinically successful solid-organ transplantation required breakthroughs in our understanding of immunology and immunosuppressive therapy. Alexis Carrel, in the early…
Newly Acquired Weakness in the Intensive Care Unit: Critical Illness Myopathy and Neuropathy David A. Chad Although preexisting neuromuscular disorders (such as myasthenia gravis and the Guillain–Barré syndrome) may cause…
Mental Status Dysfunction in the Intensive Care Unit: Postoperative Cognitive Impairment Joan M. Swearer Shashidhara Nanjundaswamy Cognitive dysfunction following major surgery is one of the common reasons neurologists are asked…
