title: Fatal pulmonary embolism during liver transplantation in a patient with fulminant hepatic failure: a diagnostic challenge of the "flat-line" thromboelastogram.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Mariam M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: El-Baghdadi
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013916:Thrombelastography / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors