Perioperative Considerations for Patients Exposed to Psychostimulants.

ABSTRACT: Concerns regarding the perioperative management of acute psychostimulant intoxication have been recognized for decades, but novel and diverse substances in this class continue to be developed. Despite the similarities in mechanisms of action among psychostimulants, each subclass within this broad category has unique receptor specificity and different mechanisms that play a role in patient clinical presentation. These issues present challenges to anesthesia providers when caring for patients with either acute or chronic exposure to psychostimulants during the perioperative period. Challenges result from both physiological and psychological effects that influence the action of the primary anesthetic agent, adjuvant anesthetics, and analgesics used for perioperative management of pain. The ep

SUBMITTER: Emerick TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10437106 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature