Anesthesia Considerations 

Reducing Baseline Risk 

 

• Avoid general anesthesia by using regional anesthesia 

• Avoid volatile anesthetics

• Avoid nitrous oxide in surgeries >1 hr

• Use propofol to induce & maintain anesthesia 

• Minimize intra- and post-op opioids (regional techniques, multimodal analgesia, α2-agonists)

• Adequate hydration 

• Sugammadex instead of neostigmine for reversal of neuromuscular block

 

 

Adapted from Anesth Analg. August 2020 - Volume 131 - Issue 2 - p 411-448