title: [Role of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents in the perioperative period. Usefulness and limitations].
abstract: Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including various chemical families of drugs, inhibit prostaglandin synthesis and act on the central nervous system. Prostaglandins are involved in regulation of regional circulations, cell turn-over in the gastrointestinal tract, and in primary haemostasis. The patterns of action of NSAIDs result in analgesic properties, but also in adverse effects. NSAIDs are increasingly used perioperatively, alone or associated with opioids or local anaesthetics, because of their analgesic and opioid sparing properties. Some of their adverse effects, especially ischaemic acute renal failure and gastrointestinal complications, can be life-threatening, and increased haemorrhagic risk is an issue for spinal or epidural anaesthesia in patients taking aspirin. Safe use of NSAIDs is possible in consideration of contraindications (elderly patient, hypovolaemia, cirrhosis, congestive heart failure, renal failure, active gastrointestinal ulcer, bleeding diathesis, pregnancy), and requires close monitoring of renal function if they must be used in patients at risk for renal failure. NSAIDs are not ulcerogenic in the short-term in healthy subjects. They must be used with caution in patients with a preexisting haemostatic defect or undergoing haemorrhagic surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Département d'anesthésie et de réanimation chirurgicale, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Derrier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mercatello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000075202:Contraindications; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects; D009294:Narcotics / Q000494:pharmacology; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010189:Pancreatic Juice / Q000378:metabolism; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000777:Anesthetics; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D009294:Narcotics; D010743:Phospholipids; D011453:Prostaglandins