Correlation Between Changes in End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Concentration and Cardiac Output During Inferior Vena Cava Clamping and Unclamping in Living-donor Liver Transplantation

摘要

Background. To test the hypothesis that low end-tidal carbon dioxide tension encountered during anhepatic phase in liver transplantation is related to hemodynamic status rather than ventilatory status, and can be used to predict the change in cardiac output during anhepatic phase.