Anesthetic considerations for the patient with renal failure.
Patients in end-stage renal disease and chronic liver failure present a number of challenges to the anesthesiologist. They may be chronically ill and debilitated and have the potential for multisystem organ dysfunction. To safely manage these patients we need to understand the benefits and limitations of dialysis and the altered pharmacology of commonly used anesthetic agents and perioperative medications in chronic renal failure.
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Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. rs543@columbia.edu
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D006435:Renal Dialysis