Nursing Students Student Assist
Published Jan 7, 2009
EMSnut45, BSN, RN, EMT-P
178 Posts
I'm taking a Nursing Trends class this winter, and have been assigned a group project that must address the pros and cons of transplants for diseases of lifestyle (ex: liver transplants for alcoholics). We must have resources, although they do not have to be scholarly. I'm having a difficult time finding anything on this topic. Anyone have any ideas on where to look?
Thank you kindly!!
ghillbert, MSN, NP
3,796 Posts
What searches have you done? I did a quick one on google scholar searching "Liver transplant alcoholic" and got several articles. You could also try "lung transplant smoker/emphysema" or add "ethics" to the searches.
Should Alchoholics compete equally for liver transplantation? A.H. Moss, M Siegler - Bioethics: An Anthology, 2006
Predicting recidivism after orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. RW Osorio, NL Ascher, M Avery, P Bacchetti, JP … - Hepatology, 1994.
Orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. S KUMAR, RE STAUBER, JS GAVALER, MH BASISTA, VJ. Hepatology.
Liver transplantation for the alcoholic patient. MR Lucey - Gastroenterol Clin North Am, 1993
Alcoholic cirrhosis is a good indication for liver transplantation, even for cases of recidivism. GP Pageaux, J Michel, V Coste, P Perney, P Possoz, … - Gut, 1999 - Br Soc Gastroenterology
Daytonite, BSN, RN
1 Article; 14,604 Posts
try doing a search on the national guidelines clearinghouse for transplant guidelines (use the search box):