Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Specific Considerations with Liver Disease - Surgical Risk in Patients with Liver Disease
Mortality
Mortality
- Reported mortality rates in patients with cirrhosis undergoing various nontransplant surgical procedures range from 8.3% to 25% (in comparison with 1.1% for noncirrhotic patients). Wide range of mortality is related to severity of the disease, type of surgery, patient demographics, and expertise of the surgical, anesthetic, and ICU teams.
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Specific Considerations With Liver Disease - Surgical Risk in Patients With Liver Disease." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 9th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2019. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728148/all/Specific_Considerations_with_Liver_Disease___Surgical_Risk_in_Patients_with_Liver_Disease.
Specific Considerations with Liver Disease - Surgical Risk in Patients with Liver Disease. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728148/all/Specific_Considerations_with_Liver_Disease___Surgical_Risk_in_Patients_with_Liver_Disease. Accessed April 21, 2025.
Specific Considerations with Liver Disease - Surgical Risk in Patients with Liver Disease. (2019). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728148/all/Specific_Considerations_with_Liver_Disease___Surgical_Risk_in_Patients_with_Liver_Disease
Specific Considerations With Liver Disease - Surgical Risk in Patients With Liver Disease [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. [cited 2025 April 21]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728148/all/Specific_Considerations_with_Liver_Disease___Surgical_Risk_in_Patients_with_Liver_Disease.
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