Cardiovascular collapse due to massive pulmonary thromboembolism during orthotopic liver transplantation

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 367-371

  Ellenberger, Christoph ^a   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Giostra, Emiliano ^a   Licker, Marc ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Liver transplantation; Pulmonary artery catheter; Right ventricular failure; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; ATRACURIUM; ETOMIDATE; HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM; MILRINONE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUFENTANIL; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DIURESIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

APROTININ; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYPRESSIN; LYSINE VASOPRESSIN; MIDDLE AGED; MILRINONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33746818760     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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