This document discusses psychotropic drugs and their implications for anesthesia. It begins by providing statistics on usage of antipsychotic drugs in India. It then classifies common psychotropic drugs like antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and anxiolytics. The document discusses side effects and anesthetic implications of various drug classes like phenothiazines, SSRIs, lithium, and MAO inhibitors. It highlights risks like hypotension, arrhythmias, seizures, and drug interactions. The document emphasizes understanding psychopharmacology and manipulating drug levels to decrease perioperative morbidity.
Introduction to psychotropic drugs, their significance in anesthesia, and an event named Mahamaham 2004.
Discussion on the importance of psychiatric counseling in relation to psychotropic drug use.
Data showing 2800 patients out of 30000 in Tamil Nadu government's hospitals receive antipsychotic medication monthly.Classification of psychotropic drugs: antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anxiolytics, and hypnotics.
How various psychotropic medications affect anesthetic practices, including sedation and patient responses during surgery.
Explanation of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, its symptoms, and its risks related to antipsychotic therapy.
Exploration of different classes of antidepressants and their additional uses in non-psychiatric conditions. Side effects of TCAD antidepressants and considerations for their use in anesthesia, especially in terms of drug interactions.
Comparison of SSRIs to TCADs and their less severe side effects in anesthetic management.
Overview of MAO inhibitors, their pharmacological actions, side effects, and implications in anesthesia.
Guidelines for ensuring patient safety during anesthesia, including dietary and hydration considerations.
Effects and contraindications of meperidine in patients taking MAO inhibitors, emphasizing risks.
Signs and symptoms of serotonin syndrome from combining SSRIs and MAO inhibitors.
Side effects and anesthetic implications of lithium use, including interaction risks and monitoring.
Importance of knowing psychopharmacology and managing drug interactions to reduce morbidity.
Detailed anesthetic protocol for ECT procedures and the specific considerations for patient monitoring.
A humorous conclusion about perceptions related to baldness, connecting with the audience.
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AND
ANAESTHESIA
Dr.S. ParthasarathyDr. S. Parthasarathy
MD., DA., DNB, MD (Acu),MD., DA., DNB, MD (Acu),
Dip. Diab. DCA, Dip. Software statisticsDip. Diab. DCA, Dip. Software statistics
PhD (physio)PhD (physio)
Mahatma Gandhi Medical college andMahatma Gandhi Medical college and
research institute , puducherry , Indiaresearch institute , puducherry , India
OPD STATISTICSOPD STATISTICS
govthospitals – tamilnadu
2800 OUT OF 30000/MONTH GETTING
ANTIPSYCHIATRIC DRUGS.
PRIVATE CLINIC ( GP)
20 % OF PATIENTS ARE RECEIVING
SOME FORM OF ANTIPSYCHIATRIC
DRUGS
ANAESTHETIC IMPLICATIONSANAESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS
•ALPHA 1 BLOCKADE—
• PRONE FOR EXAGGERATED
HYPOTENSION
• RESPONSE TO A VASOPRESSOR
INADEQUATE.
• TOLERATE HAEMORHAGE POORLY.
• INTRA OP WHEEZE-TEBUTALINE INJ. MAY
PRECIPITATE EXAGGERATED
HYPOTENSION
10.
ANAES. IMPLICATION.-CONT.ANAES. IMPLICATION.-CONT.
•SEDATION MAY CAUSE PROLONGED
RECOVERY.
• OPIOIDS MAY CAUSE EXCESS
VENTILATORY DEPRESSION.
• PATIENTS MAY BEHAVE
POIKILOTHERMIC . TEMP. MAINT.
• ANTICHOLINERGIC PREMED –AVOID
ANAES. IMPLICATION.-CONTANAES. IMPLICATION.-CONT
•CESSATION OF SMOKING –USUALLY
ADVISED BEFORE SURGERY MAY
INCREASE CLOZAPINE LEVELS.
• CLOZAPINE ↓ SEIZURE THRESHOLD
• POTENTIAL SEIZUROGENIC DRUGS
• TRAMADOL,ENFLURANE,ATRACURIUM AND
KETAMINE CAN BE AVOIDED
• SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION -PREOP
EXPLANATION TO AVOID IMPLICATION ON
SPINAL ANAESTHESIA
13.
NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME.NEUROLEPTICMALIGNANT SYNDROME.
• 0.5-1% 0F ANTIPSYCHOTIC THERAPY.
• DEHYDRATION AND INTERCURRENT
ILLNESS ---RISK FACTORS.
• 24-72 HOURS AFTER DRUG INGESTION.
• HYPERTHERMIA,MUSCLE RIGIDITY,
• ANS INSTABILITY,? CONSCIOUS STATUS.
• DEATH-CARDIAC FAILURE,RENAL FAILURE
AND ARRTHYMIAS.
• TREATMENT-SUPPORTIVE
MEASURES,DANTROLENE AND
BROMOCRIPTINE.
14.
• A PSYCHIATRISTASKS 3
PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS THE SAME
QUESTION 3 TIMES 3 = ?
• PATIENT 1 : 274
• PATIENT 2 : TUESDAY
• PATIENT 3 : 9
• PSYCHIATRIST WAS HAPPY AND
ASKED HOW HE ANSWERED
CORRECT?
ANTIDEPRESSANTSANTIDEPRESSANTS
• THE CARDINALDIFFERENCE REGARDING
ANTIDEPRESSANTS IS ABOUT THEIR
ADDITIONAL USES IN VARIOUS NON
PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS. THEY INCLUDE:
• DIABETIC NEUROPATHY.
• POST HERPETIC NEURALGIA.
• MIGRAINE.
• CENTRAL PAIN.
• TENSION HEADACHE.
• FACIAL PAIN
17.
ANTIDEPRESSANTSANTIDEPRESSANTS
• ANTIDEPRESSANTS CANBE CLASSIFIED AS
• TRICYCLICS (TCAD) AND RELATED — E.G.
AMITRYPTILLINE, IMIPRAMINE, NORTRYPTILLINE.
• SELECTIVE SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS
(SSRI) -- E.G. FLUOXETINE, SERTRALINE.
• MAO INHIBITORS. — IRREVERSIBLE AND
NONSELECTIVE. (PHENELZINE AND
TRANYLCYPRAMINE) –REVERSIBLE MAO A
INHIBITION. (MOCLOBEMIDE).
• OTHERS.
E.G.VENLAFAXINE(SNRI).BUPROPION(DNRI)
18.
SIDE EFFECTS OF(TCAD) ANTIDEPRESSANTSSIDE EFFECTS OF (TCAD) ANTIDEPRESSANTS
PHARMACOLOGY SIDE EFFECTS
MUSCARINIC BLOCK DRYMOUTH,TACHYCARD
BLURRED VISION,SEX.
DYS. URINARY RET.
ALPHA BLOCK POSTURALHYPO.
DIZZINESS
H 1 REC. BLOCK DROWSINESS,WEIGHT
GAIN
MEMBRANE STAB. ↑PR,QRS,QT,SEIZURE
AND ARRYTHMIA
OTHERS EDEMA,LEUCOPENIA
AND ↑ LIVER ENZYMES
19.
TCAD ANTIDEPRESSANTS—TCAD ANTIDEPRESSANTS—
ANAESTHETICIMPLICATIONSANAESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS
• ACUTE THERAPY –INDIRECT ACTING
SYMPATHOMIMETICS (EPHEDRINE)CAN
CAUSE HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS.-USE
DIRECT (PHENYLEPHRINE) ⅓ DOSE
INCREASED SYNAPTIC NE
• CHRONIC THERAPY- SAME PRINCIPLE -BUT
IN SOME PATIENTS DUE TO RECEPTOR
DOWNREGULATION NE MAY BE
NECESSARY TO COUNTERACT INTRAOP
HYPOTENSION
20.
TCAD ANTIDEPRESSANTS—TCAD ANTIDEPRESSANTS—
ANAESTHETICIMPLICATIONSANAESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS
• INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDE ECG,LIVER
FUNCTION TEST AND IF POSSIBLE A
TCAD BLOOD LEVEL.
• GLYCOPYROLLATE (IF NECESSARY)
AND LESS OPIOIDS-RATIONAL AS
PREMED.
• WELL HYDRATED.
• ACID ASPIRATION PROPHYLAXIS.
21.
TCAD ANTIDEPRESSANTS—TCAD ANTIDEPRESSANTS—
ANAESTHETICIMPLICATIONSANAESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS
• PREEXISTING PARESTHESIA AND SEXUAL
DYSFUNCTION –EXPLAINED.
• NERVE BLOCK AND EPIDURAL –BE
SCIENTIFIC IN EPINEPHRINE USE.
• LIGHT ANAESTHESIA AND PANCURONIUM –
MORE INTRAOP HYPERTENSION.
• HALOTHANE MAY BE ARRYTHMOGENIC.
• POTENTIAL SEIZURE – AVOID
SEIZUROGENIC DRUGS AND ENVIRONMENT
22.
SSRI- FLUOXETINE,SERTRALINESSRI- FLUOXETINE,SERTRALINE
•SIMILAR TO TCADS BUT
• LESS ANTICHOLINERGIC
• LESS POSTURAL HYPOTENSION
• LESS CARDIAC CONDUCTION PROBLEM.
• LESS EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD
• SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION REMAINS.
• SIADH PROBLEM AND POSTOP RATIONAL
USE OF HYPOOSMOLAR SOLUTION
WARRANTED.
23.
OTHERSOTHERS
• VENLAFAXINE –AKIN TO SSRIS AND
INTRAOP HYPERTENSION IS A
POSSSIBILITY.
• BUPROPION NO EFFECT ON SEXUAL
FUNCTION BUT BEWARE OF
SEIZURES.
PERIOPERATIVE PRECAUTIONSPERIOPERATIVE PRECAUTIONS
•DIETARY PRECAUTIONS.
• WELL HYDRATED (↓ SYMPATHOMIMETICS.)
• LIVER FUNCTION TEST.
• BENZODIAZEPINE PREMED.
• NO OPIOID AND NO ACH PREMED.
• NO INTRAOP HYPOXIA,HYPERCARBIA AND
HYPOTENSION.
• NO MEPERIDINE.
27.
MEPERIDINE & MAOIMEPERIDINE & MAO I
• TYPE 1 RESPONSE :
AGITATION,MUSCLE RIGIDITY
HYPERPYREXIA ( INHIBITION OF
NEURONAL HT UPTAKE)
• TYPE 2 RESPONSE:
VENTILATORY DEPRESSION HYPOTENSION
& COMA(DECELERATED BREAKDOWN OF
MEPERIDINE DUE TO N-METHYLASE
INHIBITION.)
28.
MAO I CONSIDERATIONS(CONTD)MAO I CONSIDERATIONS (CONTD)
• NO SCOLINE (PHENELZINE INHIBITS
PSEUDOCHOLINESTERASE.)
• NO KETAMINE(SYMPATHETIC
STIMULATION)
• ISOFLURANE PREFERRED
(ARRYTHMOGENESIS OF HALO)
• NONDEPOLARIZERS NOT AFFECTED.
• EPINEPHRINE – BE CAUTIOUS.
• EPIDURAL CATH - ↓ OPIOID USE.
• ONLY DIRECT ACTING VASOPRESSORS IN
MINIMAL DOSES.
29.
SEROTONIN SYNDROMESEROTONIN SYNDROME
•COMBINATION OF SSRI AND MAOI
MAY GIVE RISE TO A SYNDROME OF
FLUSHING ,SWEATING ,TREMORS
MYOCLONUS AND POSSIBLE RENAL
FAILURE.
• DRUG DISCONTINUATION AND
SUPPORTIVE MEASURES.
30.
A LIGHT BREAKALIGHT BREAK
• A SURGEON GOES TO RETURN SOME
BOOKS BORROWED FROM LIBRARY.
• LIBRARIAN : SIR, YOU ARE A
REGULAR READER. FINE. YOUR
BOOKS ARE ALWAYS RETURNED
WITH LAST PAGE MISSING ? WHY?
• SURGEON REPLIES :
31.
• I CANTSTOP MYSELF FROM
REMOVING AN APPENDIX WHEN I
SEE ONE.
32.
LITHIUM AND ANAESTHESIALITHIUMAND ANAESTHESIA
SIDE EFFECTS AND INTERACTIONS.SIDE EFFECTS AND INTERACTIONS.
CNS DROWSINESS,HEADACHE,
MEMORY IMPAIRMENT.
CVS SA NODE BLOCK, DEFECTS
OF CONDUCTION (RARE)
GENITO
URINARY
NDI,INTERSTIAL NEPHRITIS
AND RENAL IMPAIRMENT
GI NAUSEA,VOMITING,DIAR.
ENDOCRINE HYPOTHYROID,HYPERPAR
THYROID,HYPERGLYCEMIA
DRUGS ↑
LITHIUM LEVEL
NSAIDS, METROGYL, ACE
INH., COX 2 INH.
ESSENCEESSENCE
• NOT NECESSARYTO STOP ANY
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG BEFORE
ANAESTHESIA.
• KNOWLEDGE OF
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY- MUST.
• TYPE OF ANAESTH. DOES NOT MATTER.
• MANIPULATION OF DRUGS WITH
KNOWLEDGE OF INTERACTIONS IS
ESSENCE TO DECREASE MORBIDITY.
• Eg. MORE EPHEDRINE IN PATIENTS WITH
CPZ, VERY LESS IN MAOI, CAUTIOUS IN
ACUTE &CHRONIC TCADS USAGE.
37.
ANAESTHESIA FOR ECT.ANAESTHESIAFOR ECT.
• APPLICATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS
ELECTRIC CURRENT TO EFFECT A
GRANDMAL SEIZURE.- 8-12 TIMES - ALT.
DAYS.
• RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• ↑ ICT,SEVERE CVS DISEASE, PHEO,RECENT
CEREBRAL BLEEDS,RETINAL
DETACHMENT.
38.
EFFECTS OF ECTEFFECTSOF ECT
PARASYMPATHETIC: (TONIC PHASE)
BRADYCARDIA,HYPOTENSION.
SYMPATHETIC : (CLONIC PHASE)
TACHCARDIA, HYPERTENSION,
ARRYTHMIAS AND TRANSIENT LARGE
UPRIGHT WAVES.
↑ ICT,IOT,IGT AND CBF.
39.
AIMS OF ANAESTHESIAAIMSOF ANAESTHESIA
• NO HYPOXEMIA.
• NO MUSCULO SKELETAL
INJURIES.
• MAINTAINANCE OF
HAEMODYNAMICS.
• QUICK RECOVERY.
40.
ANAESTHESIA FOR ECT(CONTD)ANAESTHESIA FOR ECT (CONTD)
• ROUTINE INV. + DRUG HISTORY + ECG
+ INV. FOR PHEO,ICT,THYROID IN
SELECTED CASES.
• PSYCHOTROPICS TO CONTINUE.
• NO PREMED.
• ACID ASPIRATION PRO. IN SOME
CASE
• SPECS, HEARING AIDS ,CONTACT
LENS, DENTURES REMOVE.
41.
ANAESTHESIA FOR ECT(CONTD)ANAESTHESIA FOR ECT (CONTD)
• RESUSCITATION EQUIP. CHECK.
• NPO 8 HOURS.
• INFORMED CONSENT CLOSE RELATIVES
ALSO.
• ECT ELECTRODES FIXED.
• BP CHECK IN ARM FOR ISOLATION
• INJ ATR. 0.3 MG.
• DENITROGENATION 3-5 MINUTES
• PRETREAT WITH ESMOLOL (HT.)
42.
ANAESTHESIA FOR ECT(CONTD)ANAESTHESIA FOR ECT (CONTD)
• NO IV XYLOCARD OR BZ.
• METHOHEXITAL(1 mg/kg) { NOT AVAILABLE
ROUTINELY } THIO 2 mg/kg OR PROPOFOL 1
mg/kg.
• BP CUFF INFLATED.
• (IF EEG MONITORED
• NOT NECESSARY.)
• 0.3-0.5 mg/kg SUXA.
• 100% O2 MASK VENT.
• SOFT AIRWAY.
• HANDED OVER TO
• PSYCHIATRIST.
• NO PERSONNEL CONTACT.
43.
ANAESTHESIA FOR ECT(CONTD)ANAESTHESIA FOR ECT (CONTD)
• ECT GIVEN. –FACIAL MUSCLE DIRECT
CONTRACT. TONIC 10-15 SEC,CLONIC 40-60
SEC. SEEN IN ISOLATED ARM.
• SEIZURE « 30 SEC LESS THERAPEUTIC.
• ROUTINE MONITOR + EEG - ECT ATTACH
• MASK VENT TO CONTINUE TILL RECOVERY.
• NO INTUBATION EXCEES DOSE NECCES.
AND SYMPATHETIC STIMULATION.
TO CONCLUDE INA LIGHTER VEIN,TO CONCLUDE IN A LIGHTER VEIN,
• MEN WITH BALDNESS IN BACK ARE
THINKERS.
• MEN WITH BALDNESS IN FRONT ARE
SEXY.
• MEN WITH BALDNESS IN BOTH
AREAS
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