TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation A1 - Scott, John (Jake) P. A1 - Hoffman, George M. A2 - Ellinas, Herodotos A2 - Matthes, Kai A2 - Alrayashi, Walid A2 - Bilge, Aykut Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Clinical Pediatric Anesthesiology AB - FOCUS POINTSMost common etiology of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) in children is cirrhosis secondary to biliary atresia.ESLD involves nearly every organ system.The primary pulmonary manifestation of ESLD is arterial hypoxemia.The most common cause of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) is acute viral hepatitis.Indications for the highest priority status (1A) for liver transplantation include FHF and hepatic arterial thrombosis or primary graft nonfunction post-transplant.There are three surgical phases in liver transplantation: preanhepatic, anhepatic, and neohepatic.Postreperfusion syndrome (PRS) during the neohepatic phase is associated with increased perioperative morbidity and mortality.Postoperative complications following liver transplantation include bleeding, vascular occlusion events, rejection, and primary nonfunction. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/09 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176458889 ER -