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Anaesthesia for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Ranjit Deshpande1, Ryan M. Chadha2
1Assistant Professor, Director of Transplant Anesthesiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital. New Haven, CT USA
2Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology ,Mayo Clinic. Jacksonville, FL USA

Edited by
M.A. Doane MD1 and Clara Poon2
1Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal North Shore Hospital. Sydney, Australia
2Consultant Anaesthetist, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Correspondence author: ranjit.deshpande@yale.edu

17th Apr 2018

Abstract

This tutorial aims to provide the reader with a framework for approaching the complex physiologic changes and challenges of liver transplant anesthesiology. After reading this article the reader should be able to understand the common perioperative issues surrounding the patient with liver failure and recognize that outcomes are dependent on a multidisciplinary approach to management.

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