Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult 2024 (MCCRCA24ON)-09

09_Solid Organ Transplant

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The document discusses the complications associated with solid organ transplantation, focusing on liver and kidney transplants. It mentions common complications like technical issues, infections, medication-related problems, and acute rejection management. Non-organ specific complications are also addressed, including infections, graft failure, organ failure, and other issues like cardiovascular disease post-renal transplantation and diabetes after solid organ transplant. The text provides insights into post-transplant complications, maintenance immune suppression regimens, de novo malignancies, and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders. Additionally, it touches on topics like acute transplant rejection, organ procurement pathways, and living donor transplantation. The importance of early assessment of allograft function, infection foci post-transplant, and critical care considerations for renal and hepatic transplant recipients are highlighted. The document ends with information on common infections post-transplantation, frequent causes of readmissions, allograft dysfunction, acute rejection diagnosis, and management of complications such as hepatic artery thrombosis.

Keywords

solid organ transplantation

liver transplant

kidney transplant

acute rejection

immune suppression

graft failure

post-transplant complications

de novo malignancies

living donor transplantation

allograft function

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