
pmid: 28739038
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an arrhythmogenic disease reported to be one among the leading causes of cardiac death in subjects under the age of 40 years. In these patients, episodes of lethal arrhythmias may be induced by several factors or situations, and for this reason, management during anesthesia and surgery must provide some precautions and drugs restrictions. To date, it is difficult to formulate guidelines for anesthetic management of patients with BrS because of the absence of prospective studies, and there is not a definite recommendation for neither general nor regional anesthesia, and there are no large studies in merit. For this reason, in the anesthesia management of patients with BrS, the decision of using each drug must be made after careful consideration and always in controlled conditions, avoiding other factors that are known to have the potential to induce arrhythmias and with a close cooperation between anesthetists and cardiologists, which is essential before and after surgery. In conclusion, given the absence of large studies in literature, we want to focus on some general rules, which resulted from case series and clinical practice, to be followed during the perioperative and anesthetic management of patients with BrS.
Postoperative Complications/epidemiology, Survival Rate/trends, Anesthesia/methods, Incidence, Global Health, Brugada Syndrome/complications, Survival Rate, Postoperative Complications, Risk Factors, Surgical Procedures, Operative, Anesthetics/pharmacology, incidence, risk factors, Humans, Surgical Procedures, Operative/methods, Anesthesia, Anesthetics, Brugada Syndrome
Postoperative Complications/epidemiology, Survival Rate/trends, Anesthesia/methods, Incidence, Global Health, Brugada Syndrome/complications, Survival Rate, Postoperative Complications, Risk Factors, Surgical Procedures, Operative, Anesthetics/pharmacology, incidence, risk factors, Humans, Surgical Procedures, Operative/methods, Anesthesia, Anesthetics, Brugada Syndrome
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