Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound Utilization in Abdominal Organ Transplantation. Part II: Postoperative Care.

This is Part II of a Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia white paper providing evidence-based recommendations for the use of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) during and after abdominal organ transplantation. The white paper was developed by experts in abdominal transplant anesthesia and critical care after review of the current literature and practice behaviors. The recommendations are organized by phase of care: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative. In Part II, we focus on the use of PoCUS in the immediate postoperative and intensive care setting to guide fluid management, recognize venous congestion, identify causes of acute kidney injury and shock, estimate hemodynamics, and screen for increased intracranial pressure after abdominal organ transplantation.