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  • Title: Identifying factors in post-operative successful adaptation to pediatric liver transplantation.
    Author: Kennard BD, Petrik K, Stewart SM, Waller DA, Andrews WS.
    Journal: Soc Work Health Care; 1990; 15(2):19-33. PubMed ID: 2094958.
    Abstract:
    In order to identify variables contributing to successful adaptation to liver transplantation, 38 families, at least six months post-transplant, were divided according to transplant team members' rating into two groups: those with successful adaptation to transplant and those families at risk for difficulties. Families who had successful follow-up periods tended to be characterized by intact marriages, private insurance coverage, less subjective financial stress, and higher intellectual and developmental functioning in the child. Single-parent families who had no pre-evaluation involvement with liver transplant organizations and had lengthy post-operative hospital stays more frequently had complications post-transplant. Case studies are presented illustrating the application of this information.
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