title: Perioperative management of a post heart transplantation patient with renal failure qualified to lung resection.
abstract: Since the first heart transplantation (1967, Christian Bernard), hundreds of similar procedures have been performed all over the world. Considerable advance made in immunosuppressive treatment improved survival rate and long-term efficiency of treatment improved survival rate and long-term efficiency of treatment. Many of these patients suffer from ailments requiring operations which are not connected with the transplanted organ. The present study describes a case of a post heart transplantation patient qualified to lung resection, in whom renal insufficiency occurred in the course of immunosuppressive therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Institute of Pulmonary Diseases, ul. Plocka 26, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prokopowicz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nowicka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guz
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Orłowski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dziedzic
mesh_terms: D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011182:Postoperative Care
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents