SCRIPT: perioperative prescribing Flashcards
1
Q
Drugs changes before/during surgery.
a) What drugs commonly need to be increased?
b) Drugs commonly stopped pre-operatively (I
A
a) Corticosteroids
b) - Insulin
- Lithium
- ACE inhibitors
- COCP
- K-sparing diuretics
- Oral hypoglycaemics
- Platelets (antiplatelets/anticoagulants)
