Ramsay Michael A E, Randall Henry B, Burton Elizabeth C
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Baylor Regional Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75246, USA.
Liver Transpl. 2004 Feb;10(2):310-4. doi: 10.1002/lt.20064.
This case report describes a patient who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation and developed extensive hyperacute venous and arterial intravascular thromboses and thromboemboli intraoperatively. The patient was receiving antifibrinolytic therapy with aprotinin. The safety of routine aprotinin therapy in liver transplantation is examined. The value of the thrombelastograph (TEG) as a qualitative assessment of the coagulation system is emphasized.
