Revista brasileira de anestesiologia
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Rev Bras Anestesiol · Mar 2010
Rapid and homogeneous reperfusion as a risk factor for postreperfusion syndrome during orthotopic liver transplantation.
The revascularization of the graft remains as a crucial instant of the orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) surgical procedure. About a third of the recipients suffer the postreperfusion syndrome (PRS), a combination of hypothermia, metabolic disorders and cardiovascular instability potentially leading to cardiac arrest. The objective of this study was to evaluate the speed-quality (SQR) of the graft;s reperfusion as an independent predictor of PRS. ⋯ According to our results, SQR can be considered an unambiguous predictor of PRS.