Case 18-2008 — A 68-Year-Old Man with Headache and Visual Changes after Liver Transplantation  

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Seton, Margaret ; Pless, Misha ; Fishman, Jay A. ; Caruso, Paul A. ; Hedley-Whyte, Tessa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 358 no. 24 (Jun. 2008), page 2619.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2008.03 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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A 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of headache and loss of vision in the right eye. Orthotopic allogeneic liver transplantation had been performed 3 1/2 months earlier because of liver failure due to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Perioperative medications included rabbit antithymocyte globulin, vancomycin, fluconazole, and piperacillin–tazobactam. Tacrolimus, azathioprine, furosemide, spironolactone, and a short course of corticosteroids were administered postoperatively. The immediate postoperative course was complicated by coagulopathy, intraperitoneal thrombi, and worsening renal function, with ascites and peripheral edema. The patient was discharged 2 weeks after transplantation. He had persistent anorexia and fatigue, but his condition . . .

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