Hello nurses, some of you will be working in Operation Theaters, ICUs, Preoperative and Postoperative wards etc concerned with the surgery department. You may be seeing the patient immediately before surgery/after the surgery. Sometimes you may be the nurse who shifts the patient to Operation Room. Through this article you will be able to understand what are the possible effects by the above mentioned drugs before/during/after the surgery. Hopes this is a useful one. Don’t forget to share with your collegues….So lets see the effects with each of these drugs,
Antibiotics – Potentiates the action of anesthetic agents
Anticholinergics – Increase the potential for confusion after surger
Anticoagulants – Increases the risk of hemorrhaging
Anticonvulsants – Alter the metabolism of anesthetic agents
Antidepressants – Lowers blood pressure during anesthesia
Antidysrhytnmics- Reduce Cardiac contractility and impair cardiac conduction during anesthesia
Antihypertensives – Interacts with anesthetic agents and cause bradycardia, hypotension and impaired circulation
Corticosteroids – Causes adrenal atrophy and reduce the ability of body to withstand stress
Diuretics – Potentiates electrolyte imbalances after surgery
Herbal Substances – Causes variety of advese effects during anesthesia
Insulin – Dosage can be decreased in post operative period as clients nutritional need is decreased or client may feel increased stress which along with administration of glucose agents can lead to increased dosage of insulin
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