Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Clinical Guide is a comprehensive and practical resource designed to support healthcare professionals involved in the care of pediatric liver transplant patients. Authored and edited by internationally recognized experts in hepatology, surgery, and pediatric care, this guide provides detailed and clinically relevant information tailored specifically to the complexities of liver transplantation in children.

The book adopts a user-friendly, templated structure that makes it easy to navigate through the entire transplant process—from patient selection and evaluation to intraoperative procedures, immunosuppression, and long-term follow-up. Emphasizing real-world clinical challenges and decision-making, it serves as an essential bedside reference for transplant teams, pediatricians, hepatologists, surgeons, nurses, and trainees.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive Clinical Coverage: Encompasses the full continuum of care, including indications for transplant, donor selection, perioperative management, immunosuppression strategies, and management of complications.

• Pediatric-Specific Focus: Addresses the unique physiological, surgical, and psychosocial aspects of liver transplantation in neonates, infants, and children.

• Practical, Templated Format: Designed for quick reference, with clearly organized sections, checklists, tables, and algorithms to aid clinical decision-making.

• Multidisciplinary Approach: Reflects the collaborative nature of pediatric transplantation, with perspectives from surgery, hepatology, infectious disease, nutrition, anesthesia, and psychosocial care.

• Post-Transplant Management: Includes guidance on managing long-term outcomes such as rejection, growth and development, quality of life, and transition to adult care.

• Expert Insights: Features contributions from leaders in the field who offer evidence-based recommendations as well as personal clinical experience.

• Illustrative Content: Contains high-quality images, diagrams, and procedural illustrations to support surgical and clinical understanding.