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Anesthesia for thyroid surgery in heart transplant patients - first case study in Serbia
- Source :
- Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, Vol 151, Iss 7-8, Pp 467-471 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Serbian Medical Society, 2023.
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Abstract
- Introduction. The number of patients in the world who have undergone heart transplantation is increasing, with better and longer survival rates, and therefore the number of patients who undergo various surgical interventions after transplantation is also increasing. This presents a challenge for anaesthesiologists. Case outline. A 45-year-old female patient underwent a total thyroidectomy due to suspected thyroid cancer. She had a heart transplant three years earlier. Preoperative preparation included evaluation of cardiac function, consultative examinations by a transplant cardiologist, laboratory and other diagnostic procedures, as well as a detailed analysis of all 20 medications that the patient uses in daily therapy. Common drugs were used for premedication and general endotracheal anaesthesia, with careful dose titration. Medicines were also prepared for the occurrence of heart rhythm disorders, bearing in mind that the heart is denervated, but there was no need for their use. The operation and postoperative course went smoothly and on the third postoperative day the patient was discharged from the hospital in good general condition. Conclusion. Preoperative preparation, anaesthesia, and postoperative treatment of this patient represented a challenge for our team, which was successfully overcome, considering that this is the first case of operative treatment of a patient with a transplanted heart in Serbia.
- Subjects :
- thyroidectomy
transplanted heart
preoperative preparation
Medicine
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- Language :
- English, Serbian
- ISSN :
- 03708179, 24060895, and 22120505
- Volume :
- 151
- Issue :
- 7-8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.5818edefa7604500b3744bc32633cd0f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH221205055K