Veno-occlusive disease following marrow transplantation

Nurs Clin North Am. 1983 Sep;18(3):563-8.

Abstract

Veno-occlusive disease is a newly identifiable complication after marrow transplantation that demands further research into its treatment and etiology. Nurses play a key role in the early detection as well as the continual physical and psychologic support needed by the patient throughout the course of this disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Ascites / therapy
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / etiology*
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / therapy
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / therapy
  • Humans
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Water-Electrolyte Balance