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Anesthesia for hepatic transplantation: cardiovascular and metabolic alterations and their management.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3918479     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We studied the cardiovascular and metabolic changes occurring during orthotopic liver transplantation in nine patients. The operative management of these patients can be divided into an initial dissection phase, an anhepatic phase when the hepatic artery, portal vein, and inferior vena cava are cross-clamped, and the phase after the release of these clamps. On clamping the inferior vena cava, the systolic arterial pressure decreased from 134 +/- 9 to 104 +/- 8 mm Hg, the pulmonary artery pressure decreased from 25 +/- 4 to 17 +/- 4 mm Hg, the mean pulmonary wedge pressure decreased from 11.9 +/- 1.9 to 6.8 +/- 1.2 mm Hg, and cardiac index decreased from 5.3 +/- 0.3 to 2.7 +/- 0.2 L X min-1 X m-2. There were compensatory increases in systemic vascular resistance from 806 +/- 52 to 1448 +/- 109 dyne X cm X sec-5 and in pulmonary vascular resistance from 78 +/- 13 to 122 +/- 25 dyne X cm X sec-5. Removal of these clamps was followed by an initial depression in cardiac output that returned to preclamping values. Profound metabolic alterations were encountered during these phases. Hydrogen ion concentration increased from a mean of 39 +/- 2 to 45 +/- 2 nmol/L during cross-clamping, with a further increase to 55 +/- 3 nmol/L after the initial perfusion of the new liver. Serum potassium levels increased significantly only on release of the clamps, from a mean of 3.8 +/- 0.3 to a peak of 5.3 +/- 0.6 mmol.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Authors:
F J Carmichael; M J Lindop; J V Farman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Anesthesia and analgesia     Volume:  64     ISSN:  0003-2999     ISO Abbreviation:  Anesth. Analg.     Publication Date:  1985 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1985-02-27     Completed Date:  1985-02-27     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1310650     Medline TA:  Anesth Analg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  108-16     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Anesthesia / methods*
Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Blood Pressure
Carbon Dioxide / blood
Cardiac Output
Heart Rate
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Intraoperative Complications
Intraoperative Period
Liver Transplantation*
Middle Aged
Potassium / blood
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
Tidal Volume
Vascular Resistance
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Blood Glucose; 124-38-9/Carbon Dioxide; 7440-09-7/Potassium

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