… Our study shows that all academic liver transplant programs have distinct anesthesia teams
to care for liver transplant recipients, but their criteria for membership and responsibilities are …

… on the practices of the majority of academic liver transplant centers. TEE was routine in 40%
of programs, with predominance seen in high-volume centers, but interestingly in only 40% …

… a dedicated liver transplant anesthesia team is consistent across academic centers, significant
… were limited to adult academic centers, and may not be applicable to pediatric or private …

… Intraoperative cardiac arrest (ICA) has a reported frequency of 1 in 10,000 anesthetics
but has a much higher estimated incidence in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Single-center …

… bylaw recommending that each transplant center appoint a director of liver transplant
anesthesia.This … are similar to existing practices at most academic adult liver transplant centers. All …

… suggest that transplant center volume is associated with liver transplantation (LT) outcomes.
We compared patient characteristics and waitlist outcomes among transplant centers in the …

… times, dropout rates, and transplantation rates in all patients awaiting liver transplantation
at our center. The records of all patients listed for liver transplantation between May 28, 1999, …

… centers, numbers in publications, and information available on the Internet, we estimate that
by now around 7500 liver transplants … Some of these are large, academic centers with good …

… between a patient and a liver transplant center (ie, VATC) is … transplantation, a lower likelihood
of getting a liver transplant, … any transplant center, being affiliated with an academic liver …

… Boards at participating centers and written informed consent was obtained prior to participation.
Participants were recruited, consented, and tested at the transplant center where they …