As surgical and graft preservation techniques have improved and immunosuppressive drugs
have advanced, liver transplantation (LT) is now considered the gold standard for treating …

Patients with liver disease have multisystem organ dysfunction that leads to physiological
perturbations ranging from hyperbilirubinaemia of no clinical consequence to severe …

Background Early extubation in liver transplantation (LT) and its potential benefits such as
reduction in pulmonary complications and enhanced postoperative recovery have been …

There has been considerable recent progress liver transplantation (LTX). The
postreperfusion syndrome has clearly defined and typically responds to vasopressin and/or …

BACKGROUND: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is characterized by significant
intraoperative hemodynamic variability. Accurate and real-time cardiac output (CO) …

Die Lebertransplantation stellt häufig eine lebensrettende Therapieoption eines akuten oder
chronischen Funktionsausfalls der Leber dar und zählt nach der Niere zu den …

Objective The value of a simplified, focused intraoperative transesophageal
echocardiography (TEE) protocol in patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) is …

Although the fundamentals remain the same, the perioperative care of the liver transplant
(LT) recipient has changed significantly over the past 3 decades. Undoubtedly, LT surgery …

Anesthetic management of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is complex. Given the
unequal distributions of liver transplant surgeries performed at different centers …

Background In contrast to the well-described beneficial organic effects of liver
transplantation (OLT) in patients with end-stage liver disease, changes in the mental status …