Anesthetic management of liver transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure: case reports.
Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), although not frequent, produces a high mortality rate of 70% to 90%. This study describes the management of FHF patients without the use of any intracranial pressure monitoring device.
Takaoka
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Transplantation Division, Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. takaoka@einstein.br
Teruya
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Menezes
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Lallé
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Mies
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D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome