General Anaesthesia and Emergency Surgery in Heart Transplant Recipient

The number of patients who undergo heart transplant is increasing. Due to surgical emergencies, many of those may require general anesthesia in hospitals where subspecialized anesthetists may not be available. We present a case of a male patient who had heart transplant and required general anesthes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ejtehadi, Farshid, Carter, Sharon, Evans, Lucy, Zia, Mubashar, Bradpiece, Howard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4695654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26788397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/256465
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Sumario:The number of patients who undergo heart transplant is increasing. Due to surgical emergencies, many of those may require general anesthesia in hospitals where subspecialized anesthetists may not be available. We present a case of a male patient who had heart transplant and required general anesthesia for emergency appendicectomy. Physiology of the heart after transplant, preoperative considerations, and postoperative monitoring has been discussed in our report.

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