Pediatric Liver Transplant
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Pediatric liver transplant is a surgical procedure where a diseased or damaged liver in a child is replaced with a healthy liver from a donor. This procedure is often considered for children with severe liver conditions, such as biliary atresia, metabolic disorders, or acute liver failure. These conditions can lead to life-threatening complications, making a transplant a necessary option to restore liver function and improve the child’s quality of life.
The transplant surgery typically involves removing the affected liver and implanting the donor liver in its place. This complex procedure is performed under general anesthesia and may take several hours. After the surgery, the child will be monitored closely in a hospital setting for recovery, which may involve managing pain, preventing infection, and ensuring the new liver is functioning properly. The length of hospital stay can vary based on the individual child’s condition and recovery progress.
While a successful liver transplant can significantly improve a child’s health and longevity, there are both benefits and risks associated with the procedure. Benefits include the potential for a normal life with improved growth and development, as well as the resolution of liver-related symptoms. However, risks may include complications from surgery, rejection of the new liver, and the need for lifelong immunosuppressive medications to prevent rejection, which can increase vulnerability to infections and other health issues.
Assessing Healthy Weight Gain After Pediatric Liver Transplant
This study looked at children who had undergone a liver transplant to see if they were gaining weight in a healthy way. Some children who have this surgery can still struggle with nutrition, becoming ...Assessing Liver Health in Kids After Transplant: the Role of Te
This research paper focuses on the use of a technique called Transient Elastography (TE) to measure liver stiffness in order to assess fibrosis (scarring of the liver tissue) in patients who have unde...Caring for Children After Liver Transplant: a Guide for Parents
This research paper discusses the care of children who have had liver transplants. These days, these children can expect to live long lives due to improvements in medicine and surgery. This means it's...Coping with Grief: Support for Pediatric Liver Transplant Teams
This study looked at how pediatric liver transplant team members, like doctors, nurses, and mental health professionals, deal with the emotional toll of losing patients. The researchers surveyed 120 h...Evaluating Anesthesia Practices for Pediatric Liver Transplants in the Us
This study looks at the role and qualifications of the person in charge of anesthetics during pediatric liver transplants in the US. They found that the majority of these professionals, known as Direc...Factors Influencing Early Extubation After Pediatric Liver Transplant
The research paper discusses the factors related to the practice of early removal of a breathing tube (extubation) after a child receives a liver transplant from a living donor. This study looked at t...Hepatic Steatosis in Children After Liver Transplant: What to Know
This study explores the prevalence and persistence of hepatic steatosis (fatty liver disease) in children who have undergone liver transplants. The research found that about 31% of children who had a ...Impact of Doctor Shortages on Pediatric Liver Transplant Outcomes
This study looked at the relationship between kids living in areas with a shortage of primary care doctors and the failure of liver transplants or death after the surgery. The study looked at kids who...Importance of Hepatitis B Immunity in Pediatric Liver Transplant
This research paper discusses the importance of immunity against Hepatitis B virus (HBV) in children who need, or have had, a liver transplant. Hepatitis B is a serious disease that can cause major da...Navigating Adulthood: Insights From Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
This research paper is about the experiences of young people who received liver transplants as children or teenagers, as well as their parents, as they navigate the transition to adulthood. The resear...Navigating Pediatric Liver Transplants: a Guide for Young Adults
This research paper discusses the challenges faced by teenagers and young adults who have undergone liver transplants as they move from child-centered to adult-focused health care systems. This transi...Nutrition Tips for Children Awaiting Liver Transplant Surgery
This research paper discusses the importance of nutrition in caring for children with liver disease who are waiting for a liver transplant. It covers the principles of feeding for children of all ages...Pediatric Liver Transplant Outcomes: Insights From Pakistan's
This research paper is about a study of child liver transplants in Pakistan. The team examined cases from 2012 to 2019 at Shifa International Hospital, in Islamabad. They looked at why the children ne...Pediatric Liver Transplant: a Hopeful Solution for Rare Genetic
This research paper tells the story of a child who was born with a rare genetic disorder called homocystinuria, which can cause problems with the eyes, bones, brain, and blood vessels. The child was a...Pediatric Liver Transplant: Benefits of Continuous Adult Care
This research paper looks at how children who have had liver transplants cope when they become adults. At the hospital where the study was conducted, the same team of doctors look after both children ...Pediatric Liver Transplant: Ensuring a Smooth Transition to Adult Care
This research paper discusses the process of transitioning children who have had liver transplants into adult care. As more children who have had this procedure are living into adulthood, it's importa...Pediatric Liver Transplant: Eye Health and Blood Vessel Changes
This research was conducted to see if there were any changes in the eye, specifically the optic disc and surrounding blood vessels, in children who had undergone a liver or kidney transplant. They use...Pediatric Liver Transplant: Improved Wait Times and Survival Rates
This research paper discusses the changes in liver transplant wait times and mortality rates after the implementation of the Share 35 policy in 2013. The waiting time for patients with a MELD score of...Pediatric Liver Transplant: Understanding Immunosuppression Tolerance
This study examined the probability of tolerance to immunosuppression therapy in children who had received liver transplants. Immunosuppression therapy is necessary after a transplant to stop the body...Pediatric Liver Transplant: Understanding Malakoplakia in Children
Malakoplakia is a rare condition that can occur anywhere in the body, but most commonly appears in the urinary tract. It's even more uncommon in children and in the skin or liver. This study reports t...Pediatric Liver Transplant: Understanding Procedures and Long-Term
This research paper is about liver transplants in children. The procedure has become the best solution for severe acute and chronic liver diseases and some inherited metabolic defects. Improvements in...Pediatric Liver Transplant: Understanding Risks and Long-Term Care
This research paper discusses liver transplantation in children, which is a reliable and long-term treatment option for various diseases. The role of a pathologist is vital in diagnosing the disease, ...Pediatric Liver Transplant: What Parents Need to Know About Chlt
This research paper is about a medical procedure called combined heart-liver transplantation (CHLT). This is a complicated surgery used to treat patients who have severe heart disease and liver diseas...Psychosocial Factors Affecting Pediatric Liver Transplant Outcomes
This research paper studies how a child's caregiver's social and psychological factors could potentially impact the outcome of a liver transplant. The study was conducted on 136 patients who had recei...Supporting Teenagers After Pediatric Liver Transplant: Key Insights
This research paper focuses on the period of time when a child who has had a liver transplant becomes a teenager. This is often a difficult time emotionally, which can influence how well they stick to...Temporary Abdominal Closure After Pediatric Liver Transplant Explained
This research paper discusses the challenges of closing the abdominal wound after a liver transplant in children. Due to the scarcity of size-appropriate donor livers for young patients, doctors somet...Understanding Acute Kidney Injury After Pediatric Liver Transplant
This research study set out to understand how often, how severely, and why children who have had a liver transplant might suffer from acute kidney injury after their operation. They focused on childre...Understanding Biliary Atresia: Insights From Pakistan's First Pediatric
This research study examines biliary atresia (BA), a disease in newborns that blocks the bile ducts, leading to liver damage. This disease is quite common, but little is known about it in Pakistan. Th...Understanding Biliary Strictures After Pediatric Liver Transplantation
This research paper focuses on a condition called biliary strictures that can occur in children who receive liver transplants. Biliary strictures are a narrowing of the bile ducts that can cause serio...Understanding Bleeding and Clotting Risks in Pediatric Liver
This research paper analyzes the medical records of 92 children who underwent liver transplants at Duke University Medical Center between 2009 and 2015. The goal was to understand the occurrence and c...Understanding Body Composition After Pediatric Liver Transplant
This research paper discusses how liver disease in children can negatively impact their growth and development. It suggests that measuring a child's body composition before and after a liver transplan...Understanding Chylothorax After Pediatric Liver Transplant Surgery
This research paper talks about a rare condition called chylothorax that can occur after a liver transplant. This condition is where a type of body fluid called lymph leaks into the space between the ...Understanding Cytomegalovirus in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients
This research paper investigates how the immune system of children who have had a liver transplant responds to the cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus that can cause serious problems in people with ...Understanding Eye Health After Pediatric Liver Transplant Surgery
This study looks at how blood vessels in the eyes of children who have had kidney or liver transplants are affected. The researchers used a technique that allows them to look at these tiny vessels in ...Understanding Food Allergies After Pediatric Liver Transplant Surgery
This research paper talks about a growing trend of children developing allergic conditions such as food allergies, asthma, eczema, and certain digestive disorders after receiving a liver transplant. T...Understanding Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Pediatric Liver
This research paper discusses a very rare issue that can occur after a child has a liver transplant called acute graft-versus-host disease. This condition has a high risk of death, even though childre...Understanding Infections After Pediatric Liver Transplant Surgery
The researchers in this study looked at how often children who had received a liver transplant got infections. They examined 152 kids who had these transplants in Japan from 2019 to 2021, and found th...Understanding Parental Concerns on Immunosuppression After Child's Liver
This research paper discusses the concerns of parents with children who have had a liver transplant. The researchers conducted an online survey, where the parents shared their thoughts on the immunosu...Understanding Pediatric Acute Liver Failure: Diagnosis, Treatment &
This research paper discusses the diagnosis and treatment of sudden liver failure in children, a condition that requires immediate attention to increase survival rates. The Indian Society of Pediatric...Understanding Pediatric Liver Transplant Issues and Diagnosis
This research paper provides an overview of how doctors diagnose problems with children's liver transplants. It focuses on issues caused by the body's T-cells attacking the transplanted liver, which i...Understanding Pediatric Liver Transplant Risks: Ptegid and Ptld
This study looks at two disorders that can occur after a child has had a liver transplant: post-transplant eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (PTEGID) and post-transplant lymphoproliferative diso...Understanding Pediatric Liver Transplant: Emergency Care Insights
The researchers looked at children who had a liver transplant and later visited the pediatric emergency department in Baskent University Hospital in 2023. They noted the symptoms, lab tests, hospitali...Understanding Pediatric Liver Transplants and Childhood Obesity Risks
This paper discusses the rising problem of childhood obesity, especially among children who need a liver transplant. Because there's no widely available technology that can mimic the necessary functio...Understanding Pediatric Liver Transplants: a Guide for Parents
This research paper discusses liver transplantation (LT) for children. The operation can be a life-saving procedure for kids suffering from severe liver disease, liver tumors, and specific genetic met...Understanding Pediatric Liver Transplants: Key Insights for Families
This study looked at the number of children waiting for a liver transplant in the US, and what happened to them. They found that children who died or were removed from the list usually received only o...Understanding Pediatric Liver Transplants: Risks and Recovery Insights
Liver transplants are the final treatment option for children with severe liver disease. Although the survival rates have improved tremendously, liver transplant is still a complex surgery with consid...Understanding Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder in Kids
The study discusses a condition called post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD), a potentially deadly complication that can occur after a child has a liver transplant. The researchers looke...Understanding Prediabetes After Pediatric Liver Transplant Surgery
This study focused on understanding the role of certain medications and conditions, specifically calcineurin inhibitors and insulin resistance-obesity, in the development of prediabetes in children wh...Understanding Surgical Site Infections After Pediatric Liver
This study looked at how often infections occur at the surgical site (SSI) in children who have had a liver transplant. The researchers also wanted to understand what factors might increase the risk o...Updated Guidelines on Liver Transplantation: New Techniques and Treatments
This research paper is about the changes and advancements in the field of liver transplantation (LT) over the past decade. It discusses how the reasons for performing LTs have broadened, including tre...