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Intestinal Failure: Diagnosis, Management and Transplantation
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4637-1
Hardcover
416 pages
March 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Description
  • Table of Contents
  • Author Information
List of Contributors.

Foreword.

Preface.

Abbreviations.

Part 1 Introduction.

1 The History of Intestinal Failure and Transplantation.

Part 2 Intestinal Physiology and Immunology.

2 Intestinal Morphology, Intestinal Regeneration and the Promise of Tissue Engineering.

3 Basic Physiology of Motility, Absorption and Secretion.

4 Immunology of the Small Intestine.

5 Intestinal Adaptation: The Biology of the Intestinal Response to Resection and Disease:.

Part 3 Intestinal Failure: Definition and Pathophysiology.

6 Intestinal Failure: Definitions and Classifications.

7 Causes of Intestinal Failure in the Newborn.

8 Congenital Enteropathies Causing Permanent Intestinal Failure.

9 Causes of Intestinal Failure in the Adult.

10 Intestinal Failure Related to Bariatric Surgery.

11 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Short Bowel Syndrome.

12 Motility Disorders.

Part 4 Assessment and General Management of Intestinal Failure.

13 Assessment of Intestinal Failure Patients.

14 Guidelines for Home Parenteral Nutrition Support in Chronic Intestinal Failure Patients.

15 Home Parenteral Nutrition: Complications, Survival, Costs and Quality of Life.

16 Vascular Access, Including Complications.

17 Enteral Support for Children with Intestinal Failure.

18 The Use of Enteral Nutrition in the Adult with Intestinal Failure.

19 The Enteric Flora in Intestinal Failure: Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and Gut-Derived Sepsis.

20 Management of Complex Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances.

21 Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease.

22 Psychiatric Issues in the Assessment of the Patient with Intestinal Failure.

23 Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.

Part 5 Pharmacological Approaches to Intestinal Failure.

24 Luminal Nutrient Factors in Intestinal Adaptation and Their Use in Therapy.

25 The Role of Humoral Factors in Intestinal Adaptation.

Part 6 Autologous Reconstruction of the GI Tract.

26 Autologous Reconstruction of the GI Tract.

Part 7 Organ Replacement Therapy for Intestinal Failure.

27 Intestinal Transplantation: Indications and Patient Selection.

28 Isolated Small Bowel Transplantation and Combined Liver-Small Bowel Transplantation.

29 Living Donor Intestinal Transplantation.

30 Isolated Liver Transplantation for Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease.

31 Preservation of the Intestine.

32 Immediate Postoperative Care of the Intestinal Transplant Recipient.

33 Surgical Complications of Intestinal Transplantation.

34 Infections in Small Bowel Transplant Recipients.

35 Immunosuppression after Intestinal Transplantation.

36 Immunology of Intestinal Allograft Rejection.

37 Histopathology of Intestinal Transplantation.

38 Long-Term Management of Intestinal Transplant Recipients.

39 Management of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease.

40 Results of Intestinal Transplantation.

41 Psychosocial Assessment and Management of the Transplant Patient/Family in Intestinal Transplantation.

and James H. Sorrell (Nebraska Medical Center).

42 Financial, Economic and Insurance Issues Pertaining to Intestinal Transplantation: When Is Too Much Not Enough?.

Index