Mental health affects the quality of life and recovery after liver transplantation

Lisa Renee Miller, Daniel Paulson, Anne Eshelman, Mary Bugenski, Kimberly A. Brown, Dilip Moonka, Marwan Abouljoud – 20 August 2013 – There has been little research examining the effects of mental health before liver transplantation on quality of life (QOL) and recovery after transplantation. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine how pretransplant depression and anxiety affect mental health, QOL, and recovery after transplantation. Eighty‐two transplant recipients provided data when they were listed for transplantation and 6 months after transplantation.

Cardiac arrest during adult liver transplantation: A single institution's experience with 1238 deceased donor transplants

Takashi Matsusaki, Ibtesam A. Hilmi, Raymond M. Planinsic, Abhinav Humar, Tetsuro Sakai – 20 August 2013 – Liver transplantation (LT) is one of the highest risk noncardiac surgeries. We reviewed the incidence, etiologies, and outcomes of intraoperative cardiac arrest (ICA) during LT. Adult cadaveric LT recipients from January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2009 were reviewed. ICA was defined as an event requiring either closed chest compression or open cardiac massage. Cardiac arrest patients who recovered with only pharmacological interventions were excluded.

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