Abstract
The aim of current study is to present the effectiveness of prophylactic attachment of adhesive defibrillation electrode pads in adult living donor liver transplantation. We divided 487 adult living donor liver transplantation patients into 2 Eras according to the history of without (Era 1) and with (Era 2) pre-attachment of adhesive defibrillation pads. The incidences of intraoperative cardiac events requiring cardioversion or defibrillation, its management, and outcome between Era 1 and 2 were compared. Two cases out of 124 patients (1.6%) in Era 1 had cardiac arrest. The closed chest cardiac massage in 1 cardiac arrest in Era 1 required trans-diaphragmatic open-chest cardiac massage followed by internal cardiac defibrillation due to difficulty in performing external defibrillation. Both patients of Era 1 had in-hospital mortality. Four patients of Era 2 (n=363) received electrical treatment (1.01%); 2 had paroxysmal tachycardia requiring cardio-version and the other 2 had ventricular fibrillation requiring closed-chest cardiac massage and external defibrillation. All 4 patients in Era 2 regained sinus rhythm after electrical treatment, tolerated the subsequent operation well, and had 100% survival to date. Our results show that prophylactic attachment of adhesive defibrillation pads allows the immediate performance of cardioversion, conventional closed-chest CPR, and defibrillation if indicated without any delay and without interference with the sterility of the operation field. Our preliminary result is clear and encouraging.
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