title: Monitoring hepatic and renal function.
abstract: Liver disease represents a serious risk factor for patients requiring anesthesia and surgery. Even subclinical liver disease increases perioperative morbidity and mortality. Perioperative renal dysfunction and failure have similar implications. Thus, detection of early hepatic and renal dysfunction and monitoring of their progress is essential. This article discusses methods for monitoring hepatic and renal function in patients who have high risk for liver or renal injury in the perioperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, PH 527-B, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moitra
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sladen
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000502:physiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014554:Urination