Book chapter
Altered Mental Status in the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient
Emerging Transplant Infections, pp.1661-1671
Springer International Publishing
06/22/2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_66
Abstract
Altered mental status is common in the solid organ transplant recipient. A variety of etiologies, including infections, metabolic abnormalities, medications, malignancies, and rejection, can lead to altered mental status in a transplant patient. Timeline after transplantation as well as organ transplanted have significant impact on etiology. Detailed physical examination, comprehensive laboratory evaluation, and in many cases imaging can help elucidate the etiology. Urgent treatment of underlying etiology can improve prognosis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Altered Mental Status in the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient
- Creators
- Dilek Ince - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsCamille Nelson Kotton
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Emerging Transplant Infections, pp.1661-1671
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_66
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/22/2021
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine; Infectious Diseases
- Record Identifier
- 9984362687202771
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