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Chapter 85 - Management of the Post-cardiac Transplant Patient

from Section 11 - Organ Transplant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2023

Jessica A. Lovich-Sapola
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
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Summary

A 57-year-old female is scheduled for an urgent appendectomy. She is on vacation. She reports that 3 years ago she had a cardiac transplant in her home state. She reports feeling well now, and that she is seen regularly for all of her required follow-up appointments. What further information would you like? What testing or labs would you like? How does her cardiac transplant affect your anesthetic?

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Anesthesia Oral Board Review
Knocking Out The Boards
, pp. 360 - 364
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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