Xenon anaesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with Eisenmenger's syndrome

Br J Anaesth. 2001 Jun;86(6):882-6. doi: 10.1093/bja/86.6.882.

Abstract

There are few reports on anaesthesia for patients with Eisenmenger's syndrome requiring non-cardiac surgery and none of the use of xenon. We describe the use of xenon with a closed-circuit system in a patient with Eisenmenger's syndrome having a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia Recovery Period
  • Anesthesia, Closed-Circuit*
  • Anesthetics*
  • Anesthetics, Combined
  • Atracurium
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic*
  • Down Syndrome / complications
  • Down Syndrome / surgery
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Eisenmenger Complex / complications
  • Eisenmenger Complex / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Phenylephrine
  • Sufentanil
  • Vascular Resistance / drug effects
  • Xenon*

Substances

  • Anesthetics
  • Anesthetics, Combined
  • Phenylephrine
  • Atracurium
  • Xenon
  • Sufentanil