Anesthesia for opioid addict: Challenges for perioperative physician

Opioid addiction is on a rise globally. Such a patient presents to an anesthesiologist as well as to the surgeon with an array of challenges. We present the case of an opioid addict (pentazocine) who presented for debridement and grafting of eschars and old healed scars. Initially he was medically m...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Rohit, Khurana, Gurjeet, Jindal, Parul, Sharma, J P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24106370
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.117113
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author Goyal, Rohit
Khurana, Gurjeet
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description Opioid addiction is on a rise globally. Such a patient presents to an anesthesiologist as well as to the surgeon with an array of challenges. We present the case of an opioid addict (pentazocine) who presented for debridement and grafting of eschars and old healed scars. Initially he was medically managed for opioid addiction followed by a planned anesthesia. We hereby discuss the challenges faced during perioperative period.
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spelling pubmed-37882442013-10-08 Anesthesia for opioid addict: Challenges for perioperative physician Goyal, Rohit Khurana, Gurjeet Jindal, Parul Sharma, J P J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol Case Report Opioid addiction is on a rise globally. Such a patient presents to an anesthesiologist as well as to the surgeon with an array of challenges. We present the case of an opioid addict (pentazocine) who presented for debridement and grafting of eschars and old healed scars. Initially he was medically managed for opioid addiction followed by a planned anesthesia. We hereby discuss the challenges faced during perioperative period. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3788244/ /pubmed/24106370 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.117113 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24106370
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.117113
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