ANESTHESIA AND INTENSIVE CARE IN HEART RETRANSPLANTATION

Abstract

In this review we describe our own experience of anesthetic management and early intensive care of two patients after heart retransplantation. As shown in this article, preretransplant clinical condition (severity of organs dys- function) influences on character of intra- and postoperative periods including duration of anesthesia, surgery, postoperative ventilation and ICU stay, intra- and postoperative bleeding, volume of blood product transfusion, infection complications, need in renal replacement therapy, selective LPS-adsorption and other therapeutic op- tions.

Keywords

• heart retransplantation
• anesthetic management
• intensive care.