Anaesthesia for Renal Transplantation: An Update

• Main Authors: Vaibhavi Baxi, Anand Jain, D Dasgupta
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
• Subjects: Renal transplantation; Anaesthesia management; Recipient; Cadaver donor; Living donor
• Online Access: http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2009;volume=53;issue=2;spage=139;epage=147;aulast=Baxi

Attempts at organ transplantation have been made since the 19 th century. Renal transplantation is the preferred treatment for end stage renal disease. Renal transplant anaesthesia requires a thorough understanding of the meta-bolic and systemic abnormalities in end stage renal disease, familiarity with transplant medicine and expertise in managing and optimizing these patients for the best possible outcome. Also, the associated co-morbid conditions increase the complexity of anaesthesia, pain management and perioperative morbidity and mortality. Hence, a good perioperative management of these patients includes a multidisciplinary collaboration with well-planned anaesthetic strategies.