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Simultaneous pancreas–kidney transplant for type I diabetes with renal failure: Anaesthetic considerations

Pancreatic grafts have been successfully used in patients with diabetes and are combined with kidney transplantation in patients with renal failure. The propagation of awareness in organ donation in India has increased the donor pool of transplantable organs in the last few years making multi viscer...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Lakshmi, Surendran, Sudhindran, Kesavan, Rajesh, Menon, Ramachandran Narayana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4787125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27013753
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.176270
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Sumario:Pancreatic grafts have been successfully used in patients with diabetes and are combined with kidney transplantation in patients with renal failure. The propagation of awareness in organ donation in India has increased the donor pool of transplantable organs in the last few years making multi visceral transplants feasible in our country. We present the anaesthetic management of a 32-year-old male with diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal failure who was successfully managed with a combined pancreas and kidney transplantation.