Anesthesia management in a patient with lung transplantation – a case report and literature review

Autori:

Anita Visković, Renata Curić Radivojević, Slobodan Mihaljević, Krešimir Gršić

Sažetak
Transplantacija pluća terapija je izbora u bolesnika s posljednjim stadijem plućne insuficijencije uzrokovane najčešće kroničnom bolesti pluća, idiopatskom plućnom fibrozom ili cističnom fibrozom. Stopa preživljenja bolesnika s transplantiranim plućima posljednjih je godina u porastu, kao i potreba za kirurškim intervencijama i anestezijom u tih bolesnika, i to zbog različitih stanja od kojih su najčešća intraabdominalna. Anesteziološki pristup sjedinjuje poznavanje zdravstvenog stanja bolesnika i nuspojava imunosupresivne terapije te fiziologiju i patofiziologiju transplantiranih pluća kako bi odabir anesteziološke tehnike, a time i liječenja bolesnika s transplantiranim plućima imao što povoljniji ishod. Prikazujemo bolesnika koji je nakon obostrane transplantacije pluća podvrgnut općoj anesteziji radi operacije nediferenciranog karcinoma nosa, a kako bismo približili anesteziološke postupke u ove vulnerabilne skupine bolesnika.
Summary

Lung transplantation is a life saving option for patients with end-stage respiratory failure caused by chronic obstructive disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and cystic fibrosis as the main cause. The survival after lung transplantation has increased, as well as increase in nontransplant surgery for different conditions, intraabdominal conditions being most common. Anesthesia in these patients can be performed successfully with some specificity, considering medical state of a patient, knowing the side effects of immunosuppressive therapy on other organs, and physiology and pathophysiology of a double transplanted lungs. We described a patient with a double lung transplantation (DLT), and anesthesia management during his nasal surgery with the aim of familiarizing
anesthesia procedures in this vulnerable group of patients.