title: Anesthesia for liver transplantation.
abstract: A successful liver transplant program needs cooperation and communication from the surgical, blood banking, pathology, primary care, and anesthesia services. Rapid availability of laboratory data, efficient blood banking services, ability to infuse blood products rapidly, coagulation management capability, and plentiful manpower are essential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68105.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chapin
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Newland
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hurlbert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia; D000777:Anesthetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics