Abstract
The anesthetic management of renal transplant recipients requires the maintenance of an adequate perfusion pressure to ensure viability of the donated kidney. A common finding among patients with end-stage renal disease is chronic hypertension. We report a case involving a 2-year-old child with an age-adjusted blood pressure below normal, undergoing transplantation of an adult cadaveric kidney, during which high-dose vasopressor medications were used to sustain the child's blood pressure at above-normal levels to help ensure perfusion of the adult allograft.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 297-299 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2006 |
Keywords
- Anesthesia, pediatrics
- Dopamine
- Hypotension
- Phenylephrine
- Renal transplantation
- Vasopressors