Gebhard Wagener, MD is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center, Director, Vascular Anesthesia Division, Member Division of Critical Care Anesthesia

New edition is the only correct available book on the topic

Focuses on the practical aspect of liver anesthesiology and critical care

Provides a comprehensive and in-depth summary of the knowledge in this field

Includes new chapters on chronic liver failure and hepatic cirrhosis, preoperative risk assessment, the splanchnic and systemic circulation in liver disease, and analgesia for liver resection including regional techniques

Written for anesthesiologists and critical care physicians caring for patients undergoing liver surgery and transplantation

Section I: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology of Liver Disease Physiology and anatomy of the liver Chronic liver failure and hepatic cirrhosis The splanchnic and systemic circulation in liver disease Drug metabolism in liver failure Evaluation of liver function and injury Section II: Anesthesiology for Liver Transplantation. History of liver transplantation Recipient and donor selection and transplant logistics: the European perspective Recipient and donor selection and transplant logistics: the US perspective Preoperative risk assessment Surgical techniques of liver transplantation Intra-operative monitoring Anesthetic techniques and practice patterns Caval crossclamping, piggy-bag & veno-venous bypass 14. Hemodynamic management and use of vasopressors 15. Coagulopathy: pathophysiology, evaluation & treatment Massive blood loss and blood transfusion Organ protection & the marginal donor / recipient Pediatric liver transplantation Combined Transplants: Liver / -heart / -kidney / -lung transplantation The patient with a high MELD Acute liver failure The patient with renal failure undergoing liver transplantation The patient with cardiac disease Pulmonary disease & hepatopulmonary syndrome Neurological disease and increased intracranial pressure Section III: Anesthesiology for Liver Surgery. Types of liver surgery and indications Anesthetic management, monitoring, fluids & electrolytes Anesthetic aspects of the living donor hepatectomy Analgesia for liver resection including regional techniques Complications of liver surgery The patient with liver disease undergoing non-hepatic surgery . Section IV: Critical Care Medicine for Liver transplantation. Routine postoperative care Immunosuppression Acute kidney injury Early graft failure Sepsis and infection Respiratory failure and ARDS Pain management Section V: Critical care Medicine for Liver surgery. The living related liver donor Early complications: Liver failure, bile leak and sepsis