Liver transplantation in the Intensive Care Unit: twenty years experience in a center medium income on Peru.

Unlabelled: Liver transplantation is the major treatment for end-stage liver disease. Postoperative care is a great challenge to reduce morbidity and mortality in patients. In this sense, management in the liver ICU allows hemodynamic management, coagulation monitoring, renal support, electrolyte disturbances, respiratory support and early weaning from mechanical ventilation and evaluation of the liver graft.

[Portal vein thrombosis in patients undergoing to liver transplantation].

Introduction: Portal venous thrombosis (PVT) is common in patients with liver cirrhosis, undergoing liver transplantation (LT); in our setting, this is the first publication with an emphasis on results and surgical strategies.

Objective: Was to review the case history of the Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen National Hospital, determine characteristics, types of PVT and surgical management.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed patients undergoing LT who presented PVT between March 2000 and Jun 2018.