Intraoperative clevidipine use to manage an acute hypertensive episode in a patient with a simultaneous kidney-pancreatic transplant

Arterial hypertension represents one of the most common diagnoses pathology in general population and usually is associated with a high appearance of complications and an increase in the mortality and morbidity during the perioperative period [1]. Refractory hypertension episodes following a simultaneous kidney-pancreatic transplant (SKPT) are not described by the current literature, and usually are associated with a multifactorial pathogenesis (immunosuppressive drugs use, chronic allograft dysfunction, genetic susceptibility or vascular complications) [2].

Source: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia - December 21, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Mar ía J. Pascual, José A. Sastre, José M. Calvo Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research