title: Anesthetic and perioperative management of intestinal and multivisceral allograft recipient in nontransplant surgery.
abstract: As the survival rate of the intestinal and multi-visceral transplant recipients continues to improve, an increasing number of these patients present for either elective or emergency surgery related or unrelated to transplantation. The aim of this review is to focus on clinical issues related to the anesthetic and perioperative management of the intestinal or multi-visceral transplant recipient for nontransplant surgery. Specific issues concerning perioperative assessment and medications, choice of anesthetic drugs and techniques, and postoperative care management are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece. banesthclin@attikonhospital.gr
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kostopanagiotou
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sidiropoulou
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pyrsopoulos
authors.forename: Ernesto A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Pretto
authors.forename: Ageliki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandazi
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matsota
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arkadopoulos
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smyrniotis
authors.forename: Andreas G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tzakis
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007422:Intestines / Q000637:transplantation*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D019990:Perioperative Care; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics