Homocysteine Levels After Nitrous Oxide Anesthesia for Living-Related Donor Renal Transplantation: A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Study


COŞKUNFIRAT N., HADİMİOĞLU N., ERTUĞ Z., Akbas H., DAVRAN F., ÖZDEMİR B., ...More

TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, vol.47, no.2, pp.313-318, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Background. Nitrous oxide anesthesia increases postoperative homocysteine concentrations. Renal transplantation candidates present with higher homocysteine levels than patients with no renal disease. We designed this study to investigate if homocysteine levels are higher in subjects receiving nitrous oxide for renal transplantation compared with subjects undergoing nitrous oxide free anesthesia.