Episode 228: Liver Transplant Revisited with Nicole Rizkalla

This episode features Dr. Nicole Rizkalla, an expert in liver transplant anesthesia, who shares her insights on the evolving practices and challenges in the field. She emphasizes the importance of assessing both the liver disease and extrahepatic conditions when evaluating patients for transplant, as well as considering surgical factors. Dr. Rizkalla details pre-operative workup, intraoperative management, and post-operative care, including the use of veno-venous bypass, and the decision-making process for extubation. She also touches on the expansion of recipient and donor pools, the use of marginal grafts, and the development of liver ERAS protocols.