Impaired consciousness after liver transplantation

✍ Scribed by Wijdicks, Eelco F. M.

• Book ID: 102933710
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 570 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1074-3022
• DOI: 10.1002/lt.500010511

✦ Synopsis

the first 2 weeks after transplantation. They usually occur de nmo. However, two other categories of patients exist, those who are known epileptics and those with known predisposing factors for seizures, such as prior head injury and uncorrected electrolyte imbalances.

In this article, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, diagnostic tests and the management of the transplant patient with seizures will be discussed.