Outcomes of Liver Transplantation in Infants: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Liver transplantation (LT) is a crucial treatment for infants with end-stage liver disease, yet specific data on LT outcomes in infants under 12 months old remain limited. This study aims to present the clinical course and outcomes of infants who underwent LT, assessing the impact of demographic and etiological differences on mortality and survival.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 64 infants (< 12 months) who underwent LT between January 2019 and March 2024.

Anaesthetic Management of Renal and Liver Transplantation Recipients During Caesarean Section.

Objective: The aim of this study was to present our experience in liver transplantation recipients and renal transplantation recipients during caesarean section.

Methods: Retrospective data regarding liver transplantation recipients and renal transplantation recipients who underwent caesarean section between January 1997 and January 2017 have been collected from the hospital records.

Results: Fourteen live births occurred from 5 liver transplantation recipients and 9 renal transplantation recipients, all of them from caesarean section.

Can Hypotension Episodes that were not Identified in the Non-Invasive Blood Pressure be Detected during Cesarean Section? A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Neuraxial anesthesia is a commonly used technique for cesarean section (C/S) because of its simplicity, rapid onset of action, and the requirement of lower doses of anesthetic agents with the lack of uteroplacental transfer. However, this type of anesthesia often causes sudden onset of hypotension, and its pathogenesis is not yet clearly understood.

Aims: To evaluate the efficacy and necessity of continuous non-invasive arterial pressure (CNAP) by comparing it with non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) in order to understand whether it has advantages over oscillometric technique for detection of hypotensive episodes in healthy pregnant women who underwent C/S under neuraxial anesthesia.

Distal Limb Reperfusion During Percutaneous Femoral Arterial Cannulation for Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in an Adult Patient.

Ischemia and compartment syndrome may be seen, especially in the distal limb, after femora-femoral cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Several techniques have been used to decrease the rate of complications. Arterial hypoxemia may be prevented by reperfusion with distal limb.

Perioperative Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support During Heart Transplant.

Objectives: Heart transplant is the only definitive treatment of end-stage heart failure. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may be used as a bridge to heart transplant. This technique may be used after heart transplant for conditions refractory to medical treatment like primary graft failure.

Case reports: Should we do away with them?

Study Objective: There has been a gradual decline in the number of case reports published in leading medical journals in recent years. Since case reports are not highly cited they have an adverse effect on the journal impact factor. On the other hand sharing new experiences, challenges, or discoveries with colleagues is essential for medical community.

Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support as a Bridge to Heart Transplant: Report of 3 Cases.

Heart transplant is the only definitive treatment of end-stage heart failure. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may be used as a bridge to heart transplant. Among 31 patients who underwent heart transplant between January 2014 and June 2016, we present our experiences with 3 patients who received venoarterial extracorporeal support as a bridge to heart transplant.

A Randomized Controlled Comparison of the Internal Jugular Vein and the Subclavian Vein as Access Sites for Central Venous Catheterization in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.

Objectives: To compare internal jugular vein and subclavian vein access for central venous catheterization in terms of success rate and complications.

Design: A 1:1 randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Baskent University Medical Center.

Acute Respiratory Failure in Cardiac Transplant Recipients.

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of acute respiratory failure in cardiac transplant recipients.

Materials And Methods: Cardiac transplant recipients >15 years of age and readmitted to the intensive care unit after cardiac transplant between 2005 and 2015 were included.

Results: Thirty-nine patients were included in the final analyses.

Postoperative effects of intraoperative hyperglycemia in liver transplant patients.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of intraoperative hyperglycemia on postoperative outcomes in orthotopic liver transplant recipients.

Materials And Methods: After ethics committee approval was obtained, we retrospectively analyzed the records of patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplant from January 2000 to December 2013. A total 389 orthotopic liver transplants were performed in our center, but patients aged < 15 years (179 patients) were not included in the analyses.

Accuracy of continuous noninvasive arterial pressure monitoring in living-liver donors during transplantation.

Objectives: Hemodynamic monitoring is vital during liver transplant surgeries because distinct hemodynamic changes are expected. The continuous noninvasive arterial pressure (CNAP) monitor is a noninvasive device for continuous arterial pressure measurement by a tonometric method. This study compared continuous noninvasive arterial pressure monitoring with invasive direct arterial pressure monitoring in living-liver donors during transplant.