Neuropsychiatric conditions associated with anesthesia exposure.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Although anesthetics have been used for more than a century, their mechanisms of action remain poorly understood. Given that a number of intraoperative and postoperative neuropsychiatric syndromes have been linked to the use of anesthetics, practitioners should familiarize themselves with these conditions.

METHODS:

Basic concepts about anesthesia are reviewed and neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with anesthesia exposure described.

CONCLUSIONS:

Emergence delirium, postoperative delirium, postoperative cognitive dysfunction, and intraoperative awareness can develop in association with use of inhalation anesthetics and intravenously administered anesthetics.

• Authors: Anne F Gross, Theodore A Stern
• Journal: Psychosomatics (Psychosomatics) 2014 Jan-Feb Vol. 55 Issue 1 Pg. 21-8 ISSN: 1545-7206 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 24070660 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2014 The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Anesthesia, General (adverse effects, psychology)
• Cognition Disorders (psychology)
• Delirium (psychology)
• Humans
• Intraoperative Awareness (psychology)
• Postoperative Complications (psychology)
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic (psychology)