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Analytic Reviews: Postoperative Infectious Complications of Abdominal Solid Organ TransplantationDepartment of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Stanford Multi-organ Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Palo Alto, California, mmelcher{at}stanfordmed.org There is a rapidly growing population of immunocompromised organ transplant recipients. These patients are at risk of a large variety of infections that have significant consequences on mortality, graft dysfunction, and graft loss. The diagnosis and treatment of these infections are facilitated by an understanding of the preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative risk factors; the typical pathogens; and their characteristic time of presentation. On the basis of these factors, we put forth an algorithm for diagnosing and treating suspected infections in solid organ transplant recipients.
Key Words: infection • kidney transplantation • liver transplantation • pancreas transplantation • postoperative complications
This version was published on January
1, 2009 Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 24, No. 1,
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