Clearing Off Wisconsin Solution Used in Liver Transplantation in Pediatric Patients
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The American Journal of Case Reports / Ahmet Mahli, Demet Coskun, Gizem Ilvan, Sema Oncul, Hakan Sozen and Aydin Dalgic
Summary points:
A 7.5-month-old female infant with neonatal cholestatic hepatitis undergoes liver transplantation. The organ washing procedures are fully described. The authors discuss how much washing solution is necessary to reduce the K+ burden that occurs in the receiver as a result of K+ rich University of Wisconsin solution, which is used to protect the organ during transplantation.