Liver Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Gebhard Wagener, MD is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center, Director, Vascular Anesthesia Division, Member Division of Critical Care Anesthesia

Part I: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology of Liver Disease.- 1 Physiology and Anatomy of the Liver.- 2 Chronic Liver Failure and Hepatic Cirrhosis.- 3 Acute Hepatic Failure.- 4 The Splanchnic and Systemic Circulation in Liver Disease.- 5 Drug Metabolism in Liver Failure.- 6 Evaluation of Liver Function.- Part II: Anesthesiology for Liver Transplantation.- 7 History of Liver Transplantation.- 8 Recipient and Donor Selection and Transplant Logistics-The European Perspective.- 9 Recipient and Donor Selection and Transplant Logistics - The US Perspective.- 10 Surgical Techniques in Liver Transplantation.- 11 Intraoperative Monitoring.- 12 Evidence for Anesthetic Practice in Liver Transplant Anesthesiology.- 13 Caval Cross-clamping, Piggyback and Veno-venous Bypass.- 14 Hemodynamic Changes, Cardiac Output Monitoring and Inotropic Support.- 15 Coagulopathy: Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and Treatment.- 16 Physiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Blood Loss During Liver Transplantation.- 17 The Marginal Liver Donor and Organ Preservation Strategies.- 18 Pediatric Liver Transplantation.- 19 Combined Solid Organ Transplantation Involving the Liver.- 20 Liver Transplantation for the Patient with High MELD.- 21 Perioperative Considerations for Transplantation in Acute Liver Failure.- 22 Renal Failure.- 23 The patient with Severe Co-morbidities: Cardiac Disease.- 24 Pulmonary Complications of Liver Disease.- 25 The Patient with Severe Co-morbidities: CNS Disease and Increased Intracranial Pressure.- Part III: Anesthesiology for Liver Surgery.- 26 Hepatobiliary Surgery: Indications, Evaluation and Outcomes.- 27 Liver Resection Surgery: Anesthetic Management, Monitoring, Fluids and Electrolytes.- 28 Anesthetic Aspects of Living Donor Hepatectomy.- 29 Complications of Liver Surgery.- 30 The Patient with Liver Disease Undergoing Non-hepatic Surgery.- Part IV: Critical Care Medicine for Liver Transplantation.- 31 Routine Postoperative Care After Liver Transplantation.-32 Immunosuppression.- 33 Acute Kidney Injury After Liver Transplantation.- 34 Early Graft Failure.- 35 Sepsis and infection.- 36 Respiratory Failure and ARDS.- Part V: Critical Care Medicine for Liver Surgery.- 37 Postoperative Care of Living Donor for Liver Transplant.- 38 Liver Surgery.- Early Complications: Liver Failure, Bile Leak and Sepsis.- 39 Pain Management in Liver Transplantation.