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Implications of Perioperative Polypharmacy in Adolescents Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: a Single-Center Experience.

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Adolescents seeking bariatric surgery may present with pre-existing psychiatric diagnoses for which they use chronic medications. To heighten awareness concerning perioperative polypharmacy in adolescents with extreme obesity, we conducted a retrospective review of patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy between February 2010 and May 2017 at Children's National Health System (CNHS). A total of 167 adolescent patients had pre-existing psychiatric diagnoses which included depression (50%), anxiety (23%), ADHD (23%), and binge eating disorder (11%). Medications prescribed to treat these diagnoses included selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). Additionally, all patients were given fentanyl, ondansetron, morphine, and acetaminophen perioperatively. Although no life threatening symptoms of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) were appreciated, the combined use of many different potent drugs in these patients warrants attention.

Year of Publication
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2020
Journal
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Obesity surgery
Volume
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30
Issue
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7
Number of Pages
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2832-2835
ISSN Number
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0960-8923
URL
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04456-w
DOI
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10.1007/s11695-020-04456-w
Short Title
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Obes Surg
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