1. The Edge of Unknown: Postoperative Critical Care in Liver Transplantation
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Fuat H. Saner, Dieter P. Hoyer, Matthias Hartmann, Knut M. Nowak, and Dmitri Bezinover
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Medizinische Fakultät » Universitätsklinikum Essen » Klinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie ,ddc:610 ,General Medicine ,Medizinische Fakultät » Universitätsklinikum Essen » Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin ,liver transplantation -- critical care management -- hemostasis -- graft dysfunction - Abstract
Perioperative care of patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) is very complex. Metabolic derangements, hypothermia, coagulopathy and thromboses, severe infections, and graft dysfunction can affect outcomes. In this manuscript, we discuss several perioperative problems that can be encountered in LT recipients. The authors present the most up-to-date information regarding predicting and treating hemodynamic instability, coagulation monitoring and management, postoperative ventilation strategies and early extubation, management of infections, and ESLD-related pulmonary complications. In addition, early post-transplant allograft dysfunction will be discussed.
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- 2022
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