title: Is an 87-Year-Old Grandfather Too Marginal for Being a Kidney Donor? The View of Anesthesiologists.
abstract: Living kidney donation has been accepted increasingly as a result of growth in the number of end-stage renal disease patients awaiting organ. In this aspect using grafts from marginal donors such as with advanced age is increasing in worldwide practice and also in Turkey. Therefore, anesthetic management of donors is particularly important. We herein report the anesthetic management of an 87-year-old grandfather donating his kidney to her granddaughter and review the current anesthetic strategies in a geriatric patient.
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Elvin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kesimci
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ezgi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erkilic
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kilinc
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yildirim Beyazit, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilic
keywords: Anesthesia; Elderly donor; Geriatrics; Kidney; Transplantation