Open AccessPsychiatric and anesthetic implications of substance abuse: Present scenario
Author(s) -
Neeru Bala,
Gagandeep Kaur,
Joginder Pal Attri,
Manjit Singh,
Millind Thakur,
Parveen Jain
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.161810
Subject(s) - addiction , substance abuse , medicine , anesthetic , affect (linguistics) , psychiatry , substance use , creed , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , psychology , philosophy , theology , communication
Substance abuse has crossed all social, economic, and geographic borders and is spreading its fangs in each and every sphere of society irrespective of age, gender, caste, creed, and religion. These days, we encounter several patients of substance dependence who visit different hospitals for elective surgical procedures or in emergency (e.g., roadside accidents and with various complications associated with substance abuse). These patients at that time may be either addicted to them or are intoxicated by them or on de addiction treatment. Acute or chronic use of these drugs affect the respiratory, cardiovascular, central nervous, renal, hematological, and hepatic system variably in individuals thus due to diverse clinical presentations a complete understanding of the path physiology and anesthetic implications of drug abuse is essential to tailor a safe anesthetic plan for these high-risk group of patients.