Anesthetic considerations in lung transplantation: past, present and future.

ABSTRACT: Lung transplantation is a very complex surgical procedure with many implications for the anesthetic care of these patients. Comprehensive preoperative evaluation is an important component of the transplant evaluation as it informs many of the decisions made perioperatively to manage these complex patients effectively and appropriately. These decisions may involve pre-emptive actions like pre-habilitation and nutrition optimization of these patients before they arrive for their transplant procedure. Appropriate airway and ventilation management of these patients needs to be performed in a manner that provides an optimal operating conditions and protection from ventilatory injury of these fragile post-transplant lungs. Pain management can be challenging and should be managed in a multi-modal

SUBMITTER: Murray AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8662503 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature