Anesthesia for pediatric renal transplantation with and without epidural analgesia - A review of 7 years experience

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-228

  Coupe, Nick ^a   O'Brien, Michelle ^b   Gibson, Peter ^b   De Lima, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Pediatric renal transplantation; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CISATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER KIDNEY; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 14944352591     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01426.x     Document Type: Review

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