title: Intraoperative management of abdominal aortic aneurysms. The anesthesiologist's viewpoint.
abstract: Factors that influence the choice of anesthetic, monitoring methods, and fluid management for aneurysm repair are reviewed, with particular attention to epidural anesthesia and analgesia and the pulmonary artery catheter. Management of bleeding, renal preservation, temperature control, and myocardial ischemia are discussed, and special anesthetic issues associated with ruptured aneurysms and juxtarenal and suprarenal surgery are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Cardio-Thoracic Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Hessel
mesh_terms: D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000379:methods*; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic