[Anesthesia and bodybuilding].
A strong tendency toward body enhancement and body forming in western industrial societies makes it more likely for each anesthesiologist to get involved in the care of bodybuilders. These patients quite frequently consume androgenic anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and other drugs or substances which are believed to accelerate muscle gain. Cardiovascular, hepatic, psychiatric, hormonal and infectious side effects or complications are common and rarely monitored by health care professionals. The anesthesia risk is not exactly known but seems to be determined mainly by cardiovascular events like myocardial ischemia and dysrhythmias.
Hokema
Frank
F
Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie des Universitätsklinikums Leipzig. frank.hokema@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Pietsch
Uta-Carolin
UC
Führer
Dagmar
D
0000-0003-0357-4192
Kaisers
Udo
U
D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D045930:Anabolic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D001828:Body Image; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D004300:Doping in Sports / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D010807:Physical Endurance; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D014891:Weight Lifting
D045930:Anabolic Agents; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D013739:Testosterone