Should surgery be cancelled when surreptitious cocaine use is discovered before elective non-cardiac surgery?

Middle East J Anaesthesiol. 2011 Oct;21(3):445-6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General
  • Cocaine / adverse effects*
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders / complications*
  • Elective Surgical Procedures*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Long QT Syndrome / chemically induced
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative

Substances

  • Cocaine