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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 30, S34-S38, Copyright © 1983 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Anaesthesia for Liver Transplantation -- A Model for the Anaesthetic Management of End-Stage Hepatic Failure

PETER M. WATERMAN MD1

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Presbyterian University Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

Advances in the medical and surgical management of cirrhosis have sought an increasing number of such patients to the operating theatre. Although most anaesthesiologists will not directly participate in the care of patients during hepatic transplantation, the considerations involved in their anaesthetic management pertain to all patients with severe hepatic disease. Using orthotopic hepatic homo-transplantation as a model the physiologic changes and anaesthetic implications have been discussed.






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