A 7-month-old girl with a suspected air embolism complication during a living-donor liver transplantation procedure: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric liver transplantation is an important modality for treating biliary atresia. The overall survival rate of pediatric liver transplantation has significantly improved. The incidence of perioperative cardiac events was evaluated, and risk factors were also investigated in adult patients undergoing liver transplantation in previous studies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a cardiac event during a pediatric living-donor liver transplantation.

Case summary

Our report describes the management of cardiac events during a liver transplantation in a 7-month-old girl. The ST segment began to increase to 3.0 mm immediately after reperfusion, with peak ST-segment elevation reaching 13.2 mm after 45 min. The procedure ended uneventfully after co

SUBMITTER: Huang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10682432 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature