Key result
Review outlines perioperative guidelines for recognizing and managing alcohol and psychoactive substance-addicted patients.
Why the study?
Proper diagnosis and management of psychoactive substance abuse and addiction are critical for preoperative preparation in patients undergoing surgical intervention.
Proper diagnosis and preoperative preparation are crucial for patients addicted to alcohol and psychoactive substances undergoing surgery.
Proper diagnosis of psychoactive substance abuse and addiction, as well as acute intoxication, withdrawal syndrome and overdosing are of great importance in patients who are preparing for surgical intervention. There are some specific details in their preoperative preparation whether they underwent emergency or elective surgery. Good knowledge of the characteristics of psychoactive substance abuse and addiction, interaction of psychoactive substances and anesthetics and any other drugs that could be used in the perioperative period is important especially for anastesiologist. In this work we present key issues for recognizing theese patients as well as some guidelines for adequate preoperative preparation and postoperative care.
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Dimitrijević et al. (2011) conducted a review in Alcohol and psychoactive substance addiction. Preoperative preparation and postoperative care guidelines was evaluated. This review presents key issues for recognizing alcohol and psychoactive substance-addicted patients and provides guidelines for their adequate preoperative preparation and postoperative care.
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