Perioperative management of drug therapy.
Patients with cardiovascular disease presenting for surgery require meticulous perioperative management of all drugs they are receiving, so that complications of drug-anesthesia interaction and drug toxicity are prevented. The therapeutic strategy for drugs such as diuretics, cardiac glycosides, propranolol, and nitrates is presented.
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002301:Cardiac Glycosides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004232:Diuretics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000925:Anticoagulants; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002301:Cardiac Glycosides; D004232:Diuretics; D011433:Propranolol; D005996:Nitroglycerin