Central anticholinergic syndrome (CAS) in anesthesiology:  a narrative review

Dmytro Dmytriiev; Dmytro Bortnik

doi:10.31636/prmd.v2i1.3

Authors

Dmytro Dmytriiev Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University
Dmytro Bortnik National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31636/prmd.v2i1.3

Keywords:

central anticholinergic syndrome, galantamine, physostigmine, cholinolytics, muscarinic receptors, anticholinesterase

Abstract

Psychomotor excitation, delayed recovery of consciousness after general anesthesia – well-known conditions. But only in the literature of Germany, it was first isolated in a separate central anticholinergic syndrome (CAS). This article discusses the main aspects and symptoms that will help to differentiate this syndrome with other conditions, and the methods for relief of this state.

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