General Anaesthesia and Emergency Surgery in Heart Transplant Recipient.
| Autor: | Ejtehadi F; Department of General Surgery, The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Essex CM20 1QX, UK., Carter S; Anesthetic Department, The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Essex CM20 1QX, UK., Evans L; Anesthetic Department, The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Essex CM20 1QX, UK., Zia M; Anesthetic Department, The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Essex CM20 1QX, UK., Bradpiece H; Department of General Surgery, The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Essex CM20 1QX, UK. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Case reports in surgery [Case Rep Surg] 2015; Vol. 2015, pp. 256465. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Dec 16. |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2015/256465 |
| Abstrakt: | 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. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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