Drugs in the peri-operative period: 1 - Stopping or continuing drugs around surgery

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 62-64

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ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; DIURETIC AGENT; ENFLURANE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PETHIDINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BLEEDING; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG USE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032879919     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.1999.37862     Document Type: Short Survey

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