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P Notaro

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PubMed1997

Lactate blood levels in the perioperative period of orthotopic liver transplantation.

To investigate whether early postoperative changes in blood lactate concentration indicate the functional recovery of the newly grafted liver, changes in oxygen supply, oxygen consumption, acid-base equilibrium, and blood lactate concentrations were prospectively studied in a group of 53 postnecrotic cirrhotic patients during the various phases of orthotopic liver transplantation (preanhepatic, anhepatic, neohepatic) and for the first 48 h following reperfusion. The patients were divided into two groups according to the quality of the early graft function, as indicated by alanine aminotransferase, bile flow, and prothrombin activity: group A (49 patients), good immediate graft function and group B (4 patients), immediate graft non-function. Lactate levels rose in the same manner during the preanhepatic and anhepatic stages and peaked after revascularization of the graft. Following reperfusion, however, distinctly different blood lactate profiles were recorded in the two groups of patients. A fall in lactate concentration was recorded in group A patients, whereas a continuous rise occurred in group B patients: the difference becoming significant by the end of surgery (P < or = 0.05). During the first 48 h following revascularization of the graft, opposite trends in lactate concentration, bile flow, alanine aminotransferase, and prothrombin activity were evident in the two groups of patients: 24 h after reperfusion, lactate levels were below 2 mmol/l in 47 of 49 patients from group A, while they plateaued above 4 mmol/l in all patients from group B. Group A patients had lower alanine aminotransferase levels (P < or = 0.001), higher prothrombin activity, (P < or = 0.01), and greater bile flow (P < or = 0.02). If validated in larger series, the blood lactate profile, probably more than the absolute level, appears to be a useful indicator of the early recovery of liver metabolic capacities in the immediate postoperative period of orthotopic liver transplantation.

Alanine Transaminase↗
PubMed1981

[Preparation of patients in diagnostic contrast radiography of the urinary and bile tracts and the large intestine].

A preparation schedule including, for clysterisation, a substance based on palmitate, stearate and oleate of sodium of vegetable origin has been experimented in 130 patients of both sexes (70 awaiting contrastography of the urinary and bile ways, and 60 double contrastography of the colon). Excellent results were obtained in urography and colangiocholecystography when the schedule was limited to just one clyster with double dose of Radioced carried out on the same morning as the investigation. For an examination like double contrast clyster, which is more demanding from the viewpoint of correct intestinal cleansing, the number of clysters has to be increased to four. Three, at appropriate intervals, are carried out on the day preceding examination, and the last no more than two hours prior to the clyster. In all four, a double dose of Radioced dissolved in warm water (two litres for each of the first three and a litre and a half for the fourth) is used. Still on double contrast clyster, the preparation schedule requires a three-day diet (the first two involving low-waste foods and the third a liquid diet only) plus 30 g of Epsom salts (and no less than a litre of water) the day before double contrastography.

Cholangiography↗
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[Evaluation of renal function during orthotopic liver transplantation].

BACKGROUND: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLI) is a recognised means of therapy for endstage liver failure (ESLF). Both the preoperative alterations of renal function, closely correlated with the ESLF, and the frequent and abrupt changes of circulating blood volumes occurring during the various phases of OLT are able to significantly alter renal function during the perioperative period. METHODS: In order to define the specific changes of renal function during the various phases of OLT, six postnecrotic cirrhotic patients undergoing their first OLT entered a prospective study protocol. All the patients had standard and anesthetic techniques including the venovenous bypass (VVBP) during the anhepatic phase. At standard intervals (baseline, during hepatic dissection, during the anhepatic phase, following reperfusion, at the end of surgery) together with complete hemodynamic and metabolic profiles, arterial blood and urine samples were obtained to determine electrolytes and creatinine concentrations, blood levels of atrial natriuretic factor, aldosterone and renin activity. Using standard formulas creatinine clearance (Ccreat) and Na absolute and fractional excretions (FeNa%) were calculated. RESULTS: Major changes in the hemodynamic profile occurred during the anhepatic phase in spite of the use of the VVBP (reduced cardiac index, reduced pulmonary wedge pressure, increased systemic vascular resistances). Concomitantly a significant decrease in Ccreat (-67%) and in urinary output, was present while aldosterone and renin activity increased. The changes in Ccreat persisted at the end of surgery in spite of the optimal hemodynamic profile. Aldosterone and renin activity returned to values close to baseline at the end of surgery. CONCLUSIONS: From these data it is possible to conclude that renal function markedly deteriorates during OLT and it has to be considered at increased risk in the immediate postoperative period. The use of VVBP does not seem to prevent the intraoperative renal impairment.

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