Liver Transplant Surgery: Hvornår du skal kontakte lægen
Ring 112 med det samme ved brystsmerter i hvile, svær åndenød, besvimelse, tegn på slagtilfælde (hængende mundvig, svaghed i armen, sløret tale), blødning der ikke kan stoppes, eller tanker om at gøre skade på dig selv. Vent ikke til inden for åbningstid.
Kontakt dit kirurgiske team inden for få timer
- Sudden severe right upper quadrant or epigastric pain (hepatic artery thrombosis, graft rupture)
- Jaundice that is new or worsening after initial improvement (biliary complication, rejection, or vascular event)
- Fever above 38.5C with rigors or hemodynamic compromise (sepsis in immunosuppressed patient)
- Heavy bleeding from wound, drain sites, or gastrointestinal tract
- Altered mental status or confusion (hepatic encephalopathy from graft dysfunction, infection, or medication toxicity)
- Signs of pulmonary embolism: sudden dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, hypoxia
- Wound dehiscence or evisceration
- New-onset ascites after initial resolution (graft dysfunction, portal hypertension, vascular complication)
- Seizure (immunosuppressant toxicity, metabolic derangement)
- Rising bilirubin or liver enzymes on lab monitoring
- Fever above 38.0C without clear source
- Increasing abdominal distension or discomfort
- Drain output changing character (bilious drainage suggests bile leak)
- Persistent nausea, vomiting, or inability to maintain oral intake
- Missed immunosuppression dose
- New diarrhea (affects drug absorption; may indicate infection)
- New-onset tremor, headache, or visual changes (calcineurin inhibitor toxicity)
- Worsening peripheral edema or ascites
- New or worsening itching (cholestasis)
Hav dine oplysninger klar, når du ringer
- Navnet på din operation (Liver Transplant Surgery) og datoen for din operation
- Din aktuelle temperatur
- Smerteniveau (0–10) og hvor det er
- Al medicin du har taget de seneste 24 timer
- En beskrivelse af såret (rødme, væske, åbning)