Liver Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Section I: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology of Liver Disease.- 1.Physiology and Anatomy of the Liver.- 2.Acute hepatic failure.- 3.Drug Metabolism in Liver Failure.- 4.Evaluation of Liver Disease.- Section II: Anesthesiology for Liver Transplantation.- 5. History of Liver Transplantation.- 6.Recipient and Donor Selection and Transplant Logistics – The European Perspective.- 7.Recipient and Donor Selection and Transplant Logistics - The US Perspective.- 8.Surgical Techniques in Liver Transplantation.- 9.Intraoperative Monitoring.- 10.Liver Transplantation.- 11.Caval Cross-clamping, Piggyback & Veno-venous Bypass.- 12.Liver Transplantation: Hemodynamic Changes, Cardiac Output Monitoring and Inotropic Support.- 13.Coagulopathy: Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and Treatment.- 14.Physiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Blood Loss During Liver Transplantation.- 15.The Marginal Liver Donor and Organ Preservation Strategies.- 16.Pediatric Liver Transplantation.- 17.Combined Solid Organ Transplantation Involving the Liver.- 18.Liver Transplantation for the Patient with High MELD.- 19.Perioperative Considerations for Transplantation in Acute Liver Failure.- 20.Renal Failure.- 21.The Patient With Severe Co-Morbidities: Cardiac Disease.- 22.Pulmonary Complications of Liver Disease.- 23.Liver Transplantation: The Patient with Severe Co-morbidities, CNS Disease, and Increased Intracranial Pressure.- Section III: Anesthesiology for Liver Surgery.- 24. Hepatobiliary Surgery: Indications, Evaluation, and Outcomes.- 25.Liver Resection Surgery: Anesthetic Management, Monitoring, Fluids and Electrolytes.- 26.Anesthetic Aspects of Living Donor Hepatectomy.- 27.Complications of Liver Surgery.- 28.The Patient with Liver Disease for Non-Hepatic Surgery.- Section IV: Critical Care Medicine for Liver transplantation.- 29. Routine Postoperative Care After Liver Transplantation.- 30.Immunosuppression.- 31.Acute Kidney Injury after Liver Transplantation.- 32.Early GraftFailure.- 33.Sepsis and Infection.- 34.Respiratory Failure and ARDS.- 35.Pain Management in Liver Transplantation.- Section V: Critical care Medicine for Liver surgery.- 36.Post Operative Care Of Living Donor for Liver Transplant.- 37.Liver Surgery – Early Complications: Liver Failure, Bile Leak and Sepsis.