title: Anaesthesia for combined pancreatic and renal transplantation and potassium homeostasis.
abstract: Diabetic patients who develop renal failure frequently have other serious manifestations of their disorder, including peripheral and central vascular disease, blindness, neuropathy and metabolic abnormalities which can include life-threatening loss of those mechanisms that normally control potassium homeostasis. In this report, the anaesthetic and metabolic management of five diabetic patients with end-stage renal failure undergoing combined pancreatic and renal transplantation, is presented and discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium