Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Manuela Casal
Portugal
Case Report
Opioid Sparing Anaesthesia for Living-Donor Renal Transplantation-A Case Report
Author(s): Marta Pacheco, Cristina Pereira, Manuela Casal and Humberto S MachadoMarta Pacheco, Cristina Pereira, Manuela Casal and Humberto S Machado
Introduction: Opioids have been the mainstay for perioperative analgesia. Non-opioid drugs with analgesic properties improve intraoperative multimodal analgesia and lead to a decrease in analgesic consumption, reduction in pain scores, postoperative rescue analgesia and in postoperative nausea and vomiting. We report a case of a patient with Alport Syndrome and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) proposed for elective Living-Donor Renal Transplantation, with reported allergies/intolerance to opioids.
Case report: 30-year-old male patient, American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status IV, medical history of Alport Syndrome, ESRD treated with peritoneal dialysis, allergy to tramadol and morphine intolerance. A general intravenous anaesthesia and TAP block was performed. Remifentanil and propofol were used until loss of consciousness. Propofol .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000782