Anaesthetic Management of a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Renal Transplantation

Overview

Journal Indian J Anaesth

Specialty Anesthesiology

Date 2017 Mar 3

PMID 28250487

Citations 2

Authors

Mn Chidananda Swamy

Aninditha Mukherjee

Latha L Rao

Sushmitha Pandith

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Abstract

We describe a patient with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension scheduled to undergo live-related renal transplantation. We emphasise on meticulous anaesthetic management and early renal transplantation to prevent the progression of disease which would become refractory to treatment, leading to right ventricular failure. Regional (continuous epidural) anaesthesia has been used as technique of choice, where the selective advantages of this technique have been put to good use.

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