Medications or food before anesthesia to note taking.
10.5124/jkma.2014.57.10.832
- Author:
Wonjung HWANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. amoeba79@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Perioperative care;
Preanesthetic medication;
Medication therapy management
- MeSH:
Anesthesia*;
Anticoagulants;
Disease Progression;
Drug Interactions;
Humans;
Medication Therapy Management;
Perioperative Care;
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors;
Preanesthetic Medication
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2014;57(10):832-836
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Decisions about stopping or continuing medications perioperatively should be based on withdrawal potential, the potential for disease progression if therapy is interrupted, and the potential for drug interactions with anesthesia. In general, most medications are tolerated well through surgery and do not interfere with anesthetic administration. Therefore, most drugs should be continued through the morning of surgery. However, some medications are known to influence surgical risk or surgical decisions (e.g., antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, some hormonal therapies, and herbal remedies), so it is important to obtain a complete medication list from the patient and to advise adjusting doses or discontinuing certain potentially complicating medications in advance of surgery. This article reviews general recommendations for perioperative management of a number of common medication classes.
