Implications of Perioperative Polypharmacy in Adolescents Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: a Single-Center Experience.
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| Abstract | :  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 | :  2020 | 
| Journal | :  Obesity surgery | 
| Volume | :  30 | 
| Issue | :  7 | 
| Number of Pages | :  2832-2835 | 
| ISSN Number | :  0960-8923 | 
| URL | :  https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04456-w | 
| DOI | :  10.1007/s11695-020-04456-w | 
| Short Title | :  Obes Surg | 
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