Perioperative Care of the Patient with Psychiatric Disease

CORR Insights®: What is the Association Between Clinically Diagnosed Psychiatric Illness and Total Joint Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review Evaluating Outcomes, Healthcare Use, and Patient-reported Outcome Measures

“…Most psychiatric medications do not interact with pain medication or anesthesia [2], but as pointed out by the authors [4], an increased risk of bleeding from NSAIDs needs to be specifically assessed. Depression and anxiety often lead to substance abuse as a form of self-medication [1]. The presence of substance abuse must be tactfully sought in a preoperative evaluation.…”

“…CORR Insights®: What is the Association Between Clinically Diagnosed Psychiatric Illness and Total Joint Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review Evaluating Outcomes, Healthcare Use, and Patient-reported Outcome Measures Charles Cornell MD 1 Where Are We Now? I t is reported that one of five Americans live with a diagnosed mental illness [6].…”