Description
1. Who gets liver disease and why is it important for anaesthesia?
2. How do you assess the severity of liver disease?
3. What are the physiological abnormalities associated with cirrhosis and how do these alter your anaesthetic management?
4. Describe the anaesthetic management of patients with chronic liver disease
5. Why should patients with chronic liver disease not receive saline?
6. How do you manage haematemesis in a cirrhotic patient?
7. What is meant by decompensation of liver function?
8. How would you anaesthetise a patient for a TIPSS (transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt)?
9. What are the considerations when anaesthetising a patient who has had a liver transplant?
