Development of a checklist framework for kidney transplantation.

Background: Kidney transplantation is the therapy of choice for end-stage kidney disease, and a fast-growing transplant procedure worldwide. Diverse clinical practices for recipients and donors' selection and management between transplant centers hinder the creation and dissemination of an anesthesia-surgical checklist.

Methods: Components of the anesthesia-surgical checklist were selected after a review of the English literature using PubMed search for donor, recipient and graft protocols and outcomes of existing practices in the field of kidney transplantation.

Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Outcome of New-onset Systolic Heart Failure After Liver Transplantation: A Single-center Cohort.

Unlabelled: New-onset systolic heart failure (HF) after liver transplantation (LT) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality; however, its characteristics are still insufficiently delineated. HF may involve the left ventricle (LV), right ventricle (RV), or both ventricles. We explored the incidence, characteristics, etiologies, risks, involved cardiac chambers, and outcomes of HF after LT.

Multivisceral Transplant in a Patient With Portopulmonary Hypertension: A Case Report.

Portopulmonary hypertension, a type of pulmonary arterial hypertension in the setting of cirrhotic or noncirrhotic portal hypertension, is associated with elevated morbidity and mortality during and after transplantation. Uncontrolled portopulmonary hypertension may prevent or delay listing for transplant candidates, and the prognosis without treatment and ultimately transplant is extremely poor. We present a 29-year-old White woman, who had a post-liver transplant at infancy due to biliary atresia.

Personal Protective Equipment for Liver Transplant in SARS-CoV-2 Polymerase Chain Reaction-Positive Convalescing Recipients.

Personal protective equipment (PPE) comes in several variations, and is the principal safety gear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the user is severely impacted by its serious nonergonomic features. What PPE is appropriate for labor-intensive cases, like liver transplant (LT), remains unknown.