Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Specific Considerations With Cardiac Disease - Preanesthetic Considerations
Anxiolytics
Patients are likely to be anxious. Reassurance during the preoperative visit has been shown to be useful in decreasing anxiety. Anxiolytics may blunt rises in sympathetic tone and may be invaluable.
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Specific Considerations With Cardiac Disease - Preanesthetic Considerations." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728131/2/Specific_Considerations_with_Pulmonary_Disease___Effects_of_Anesthesia_and_Surgery_on_Pulmonary_Function.
Specific Considerations With Cardiac Disease - Preanesthetic Considerations. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728131/2/Specific_Considerations_with_Pulmonary_Disease___Effects_of_Anesthesia_and_Surgery_on_Pulmonary_Function. Accessed July 16, 2025.
Specific Considerations With Cardiac Disease - Preanesthetic Considerations. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728131/2/Specific_Considerations_with_Pulmonary_Disease___Effects_of_Anesthesia_and_Surgery_on_Pulmonary_Function
Specific Considerations With Cardiac Disease - Preanesthetic Considerations [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 July 16]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728131/2/Specific_Considerations_with_Pulmonary_Disease___Effects_of_Anesthesia_and_Surgery_on_Pulmonary_Function.
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