Anesthetic Management in Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
10.4285/jkstn.2018.32.3.31
- Author:
Eun Jung KIM
1
;
Bon Nyeo KOO
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. koobn@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Liver transplantation;
Child;
Anesthesia
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Child;
Humans;
Immunosuppression;
Liver Diseases;
Liver Transplantation*;
Liver*
- From:The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation
2018;32(3):31-37
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
An increasing number of pediatric patients undergo liver transplantation, and it has become an effective and definitive treatment of choice for pediatric end-stage liver disease patients. However, liver transplantation in pediatric patients differs greatly from that in older individuals with respect to not only surgical techniques, immunosuppression, and post-operative managements, but also to intraoperative anesthetic management. The present review provides an overview of the current development and clinical practices in anesthetic management of pediatric liver transplantation.
