%0 Journal Article
%T Very High Dose Epinephrine for the Treatment of Vasoplegic Syndrome during Liver Transplantation
%A MB Khosravi
%A S Milani
%A S Ghaffaripour
%A A Sahmeddini
%J International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine
%D 2013
%I Avicenna Organ Transplantation Institute
%X A 55-year-old man with hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma was treated with liver transplantation without veno-venous bypass. During the procedure his arterial blood pressure remained at 55/30 mm Hg and did not respond to increasing doses of norepinephrine. Vasoplegia was managed aggressively with the intravenous infusion of high doses of epinephrine.
%K Epinephrine
%K Hepatocellular carcinoma
%K Liver transplantation
%K Vasoplegia
%U http://home.sums.ac.ir/~habibzaf/ojs/index.php/IJOTM/article/view/140/249