Bleeding during transplant? Time for a change

Organ transplantation represents one of the major accomplishments of modern medicine over the last 50 years with liver transplantation progressing during that time from experimental therapy to standard of care with excellent outcomes. Advances in anesthesia and critical care during the operative and early postoperative period have played a major role in this success, along with the more obvious improvements in patient selection and immunosuppression. Management of even heavy intraoperative bleeding is now routine for most anesthesia teams and is perhaps only limited by early recognition.
Source: American Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Invited Commentary Source Type: research