The cocaine-using patient: Perioperative concerns

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-122

  Skerman, Jonathan H ^a,b  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b NONE   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Background; Cocaine using patients; Perioperative concerns

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; ESMOLOL; ETOMIDATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HALOPERIDOL; LABETALOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE;

ADDICTION; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ASYSTOLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EUPHORIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HALF LIFE TIME; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTUBATION; LIBIDO; NONHUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TOXICITY;

ANESTHESIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FETUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 15944367771     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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