No data are available on the incidence and clinical relevance of increased intra-abdominal pressure after orthotopic liver transplantation. This study assessed abdominal hypertension in a population of transplanted patients as this may be an important cofactor in early postoperative complications.
Department No 1 of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Post-surgical and Transplant ICU, Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana, Ospedale di Cisanello, Via Paradisa 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy. g.biancofiore@med.unipi.it
