Open AccessAnaesthesia and intensive care for simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation: A single-centre experience with 12 recipients
Author(s) -
Akila Rajakumar,
Shiwalika Gupta,
Selvakumar Malleeswaran,
Joy Varghese,
Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy,
Mohamed Rela
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.186025
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , anesthesia , intensive care , kidney transplantation , transplantation , intensive care medicine , surgery
The perioperative management of patients presenting for simultaneous liver and kidney transplantation (SLKT) is a complex process. We analysed SLKTs performed in our institution to identify preoperative, intraoperative and post-operative challenges encountered in the management.