Anaesthesia for patients with a transplanted organ

Authors
Citation
Hj. Toivonen, Anaesthesia for patients with a transplanted organ, ACT ANAE SC, 44(7), 2000, pp. 812-833
Citations number
209
Categorie Soggetti
Aneshtesia & Intensive Care","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
ISSN journal
00015172 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
812 - 833
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5172(200008)44:7<812:AFPWAT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Increasing numbers of individuals leading normal lives have transplanted or gans. They may appear in any hospital for treatment of trauma or general di seases. Common anaesthesia methods can be used for these patients, but safe conduct of anaesthesia requires knowledge of the immunosuppression, risk f actors, and altered physiology or drug actions. This article reviews the an aesthesia-related literature on patients with transplanted organs.