Anesthesia for pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation.

摘要: The anesthetic management of 68 liver transplantations in 50 pediatric patients is described. surgical technique briefly reviewed. selection an was not as important numerous intra-operative problems. Citrate intoxication secondary to massive blood transfusion the hypothermic anhepatic patient a major problem, are coagulation deficiencies. Hyperkalemic cardiac arrest, also significant hazard, produced only intraoperative death.