Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH


Department of Anesthesiology


University of Pittsburgh Medical Center


Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD


Department of Anesthesiology


The Clinical and Translational Science Institute


The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine


University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


Pittsburgh, PA, USA

First book on the perioperative management of the organ transplant patient

Edited and written by leading experts

Covers transplantation of the heart, lung, liver, pancreas, and kidney, as well as multivisceral and composite tissue graft transplantation

Addresses management of the donor

Evidence-based recommendations, society guidelines, management algorithms, and institutional protocols integrated into each chapter

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Part I: General Topics1 Ethical Considerations for Organ Transplantation Aviva L. Katz2 Prevention of Perioperative Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients Reem Almaghrabi, Cornelius J Clancy, and M. Hong Nguyen3 Donation after Cardiac Death Emily B. Ahmed and Anthony M. D¿Alessandro4 Living Related Organ Transplantations Paolo Feltracco and Carlo Ori5 Intensive Care of the Deceased Multiorgan Donor: One Donor, Nine Lives Laveena Munshi and Raghavan Murugan6 Anesthetic Management of Donor Organ Retrieval in a Multiorgan Donor Wendy A. Haft and Andrew Walter Murray Part II: Lung Transplantation7 Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation for Lung Transplantation Matthew R. Morrell and Joseph M. Pilewski8 Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation: What the Anesthesiologist Needs to Know About the Surgical Approach J. W. Awori Hayanga, Ernest G. Chan, Norihisa Shigemura, and Jonathan D¿Cunha9 Anesthetic Management for Lung Transplantation Michael L. Boisen, Andréa R. Xavier, and Kathirvel Subramaniam10 Postoperative Critical Care of Lung Transplant Patients J. Mauricio Del Rio, Mani A. Daneshmand, and Matthew G. HartwigPart III: Heart Transplantation11 Heart Transplant Patient Selection and Preparation Brent C. Lampert and Ravi Ramani12 Surgical Techniques of Heart Transplantation and Heart¿Lung Transplantation Arie Blitz13 Anesthetic Management of Cardiac Transplantation Sara Jane Allen and David SidebothamPart IV: Special Considerations for Thoracic Transplantation15 Perioperative Management of Pulmonary Hypertension Soheyla Nazarnia16 Extracorporeal Life Support following Thoracic Organ Transplantation David Sidebotham17 Perfusion Management for Thoracic Transplantation Surgery Justin N. Tawil, Sarah Zygmuncik, and Kathirvel Subramaniam18 Anesthesia for Noncardiac Surgery following Thoracic Organ Transplantation Joshua S. BaisdenPart V: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation19 Kidney Transplantation: Overview Ebube Bakosi, Emily Bakosi, and Ron Shapiro20 Preoperative Recipient Evaluation and Preparation (Kidney) Elif Cingi, David S. Beebe, James Vail Harmon, Jr, and Kumar Belani21 Anatomy and Surgical Procedures for Renal and Pancreas Transplantations Amit D. Tevar22 Anesthesia and Intraoperative Management of Renal Transplantation Hendrikus J. M. Lemmens and Jerry Ingrande23 Postoperative Care of Renal Transplant Recipients Abhijit Naik, Michelle A. Josephson, and Woojin James Chon24 Anesthetic Management of Patients Undergoing Pancreas Transplantation David S. Beebe, Elif Cingi, James Vail Harmon, Jr, and Kumar BelaniPart VI: Liver Transplantation25 Liver Transplantation: Historical Perspective Yoogoo Kang26 Preoperative Liver Recipient Evaluation and Preparation Haq Nawaz and Kapil Chopra27 Anatomy and Surgical Procedures of Liver Transplantation Hwai-Ding Lam and Abhinav Humar28 Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology Tetsuro Sakai29 Postoperative Care of the Liver Transplant Recipient Krishna N. Parekh, Jerome C. Crowley, and Linda L. Liu30 Multiorgan Transplantation Including the Liver Geraldine C. Diaz31 General Anesthesia for the Patient with End-stage Liver Disease and Post Liver Transplantation Alexander HoetzelPart VII: Special Issues in Liver Transplantation32 Acute Liver Failure: Perioperative Management Shushma Aggarwal, George V. Mazariegos, and Deanna Blisard