[Effect of peridural anesthesia on kidney function]

A complex study of hemodynamics and renal function in 30 patients with adenoma of the prostate during peridural anesthesia has been carried out. The functional renal reaction depends upon the scope of the sympathetic blocade in peridural anesthesia and bears an intimate relation to hemodynamic and neurohumoral effects of the developing blocade. All these changes are of a temporary character and regain values close to the initial ones by the time of the adaptation of the body to peridural anesthesia and stabilization of hemodynamics.