Liver Transplant

Airway: Access: Pain: Position: Time: Blood loss: Special:

Liver transplant is performed for patients with:

Scoring, including the MELD score, are covered under Scoring.

• >50% 5-year survival
  Based on MDM assessment. Predictive factors:
  • Cardiorespiratory assessment
  • MELD score
• Porto-pulmonary hypertension
• Hepatopulmonary syndrome

Surgical Stages

Preoperative

Assessment: Consultation: Optimisation: Premedication: Explain/Consent:

Intraoperative

Preparation: Induction: Maintenance: Echocardiography: Emergence:

Postoperative

Disposition: Referrals/Review: Analgesia: Fluids: Thromboprophylaxis: Specific:

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References

1. Bersten, A. D., & Handy, J. M. (2018). Oh’s Intensive Care Manual. Elsevier Gezondheidszorg.