Anaesthesia in connection with liver transplantation
Secher, N.H.; Nissen, P.; Swiatek, F.A.; Frederiksen, H.J.ør.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 170(16): 1335-1338
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 18433592 Document Number: 618322
The anaesthetic plan for liver transplantation focuses on maintaining central blood volume and thereby cerebral oxygenation. Normovolaemia represents a central blood volume that establishes a maximal venous oxygen saturation, and a value of 85% (78-90%) is maintained during the operation by administration of blood components. Treatment quality is expressed as a maintained central blood volume evaluated by transthoratic electrical impedance and a stable cerebral oxygenation (71% (67-82%)) as determined by near-infrared spectroscopy.