Ultrasound-guided intraoperative inferior vena cava stent implantation for treatment of acute hypotension during orthotopic liver transplantation [PDF]
Severe obstruction of inferior vena cava (IVC) outflow after orthotopic liver transplantation can result in persistent hypotension, leading to transplantation failure and intraoperative circulatory instability and can even threaten the patient's life ...
Siwen Wang, MD+5 more
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Recurrent and de novo non-alcoholic steatohepatitis following orthotopic liver transplantation [PDF]
Background — Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis was coined in 1980 to describe pathological and clinical features of non-alcoholic disease associated with pathological features, commonly seen in alcoholic-liver disease itself.
Raquel F. Liermann GARCIA+5 more
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Pancreatic hormones and amino acid levels following liver transplantation [PDF]
Glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, peripheral insulin resistance and hyperglucagonemia are common in patients with advanced liver disease. These abnormalities in the plasma levels of the pancreatic hormones, insulin and glucagon have been thought to ...
Chisholm+32 more
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LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AND HBV INFECTION
The paper describes the modern approaches in treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients who underwent liver transplantation. The patients with HBV liver cirrhosis and waiting for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) have to receive long ...
O. I. Andreytseva+2 more
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Context Hypogonadism is a common clinical situation in male patients with liver cirrhosis. Objectives The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of orthotopic liver transplantation on testosterone, free testosterone and sex hormone ...
Rodrigo NITSCHE+4 more
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ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN THE MOUSE
Heart and kidney transplantation in the mouse has been well established (1, 2), but orthotopic liver transplantation has not been reported. Although the mouse is one-tenth the size of the rat, there are many advantages to using the mouse for immunologic research.
Qian, SG+4 more
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Adult liver transplantation: An analysis of the early causes of death in 40 consecutive cases [PDF]
One hundred twenty‐nine adult patients who received an orthotopic liver transplantation and survived at least 24 hr after surgery were evaluated. During the period of follow‐up, 48 of the 129 patients (37%) died.
Calne+17 more
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Can We Predict Individual Concentrations of Tacrolimus After Liver Transplantation? Application and Tweaking of a Published Population Pharmacokinetic Model in Clinical Practice [PDF]
Background: Various population pharmacokinetic models have been developed to describe the pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in adult liver transplantation. However, their extrapolated predictive performance remains unclear in clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to predict concentrations using a selected literature model and to improve these ...
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Myocardial ischemia after orthotopic liver transplantation [PDF]
A hypercoagulable state exists after orthotopic liver transplantation. This hematologic abnormality may predispose patients to coronary thrombosis and unstable angina.
Ambrose+24 more
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Anesthetic considerations in parturients with liver transplant
Advances in the surgical technique, safer anesthetic agents, improved hemodynamic monitoring, better pre-operative optimization of cirrhotic patients and postoperative critical care facilities have led to drastic improvement in the outcomes following ...
Anil Agarwal+3 more
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