Key result
Anesthetic drugs exert a variable action on the response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to surgical trauma, with significant differences depending on the surgery and anesthetic technique.
Why the study?
What is the role of anesthetics and the effect of the surgical stress response on cognition?
Design
Review
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Outlines stress responses in surgery and critical illness; leaves open targeted interventions to improve outcomes.
What is the role of anesthetics and the effect of the surgical stress response on cognition?
This review highlights the physiological derangements caused by surgical stress and the potential role of anesthetics in modulating these responses and affecting cognition.
Jyoti Agrawal (2021) conducted a review in Surgical stress response. Anesthetics was evaluated. Anesthetic drugs exert a variable action on the response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to surgical trauma, with significant differences depending on the surgery and anesthetic technique.
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