CHANGES IN ALVEOLAR-ARTERIAL OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE DIFFERENCE DURING ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Agreement between radial and femoral arterial blood pressure measurements during orthotopic liver transplantation.

OBJECTIVE To study agreement between radial and femoral arterial pressure measurements in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx) surgery to determine whether arterial cannulation sites are interchangeable. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Prospective observational study of 25 patients undergoing OLTx surgery. METHODS Radial and femoral arteries were cannulated with standardised arterial li...

Severe Acute Hyperkalemia during Pre-Anhepatic Stage in Cadaveric Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

A serious hazard to patients during orthotopic liver transplantation is hyperkalemia. Although the most frequent and hazardous hyperkalemia occurs immediately after reperfusion of the newly transplanted liver, morbid hyperkalemia could happen in the other phases during orthotopic liver transplantation. However, pre-anhepatic hyperkalemia during orthotopic liver transplantation is rare. This rep...

Hemodynamic changes in clinical orthotopic liver transplantation.

Cardiac output (with cardiogreen dye dilution), heart rate, stroke volume, mean arterial pressure, and central venous pressure (SVC) were measured': I) following induction of anesthesia while the abdomen was being opened, 2) during mobilization of the recipient'S liver, 3) shortly following cross-clamping the inferior vena cava and portal vein (early anhepatic phase), 4) just prior to revascula...

Surgical Procedures for a Rat Model of Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplantation with Hepatic Arterial Reconstruction

Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in rats using a whole or partial graft is an indispensable experimental model for transplantation research, such as studies on graft preservation and ischemia-reperfusion injury, immunological responses, hemodynamics, and small-for-size syndrome. The rat OLT is among the most difficult animal models in experimental surgery and demands advanced microsurgica...

Alveolar and arterial oxygen tensions and the significance of the alveolar-arterial oxygen tension difference in normal men.