perioperative management of glp-1 agonists receptor and surgical care: implications for bariatric Procedures, Outcomes, and nutritional optimization 🇬🇧 Perioperative Management of New

Although the American Society of Anesthesiologists Working Group on Preoperative Fasting is based primarily on anecdotal reports and case reports, it has issued guidelines for taking these medications before non-urgent or urgent procedures that require general anesthesia due to concerns about the risk of regurgitation and lung aspiration due to delayed gastric emptying [128]

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What varies is individual tolerance, and that varies enormously

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However, the long-term implications of prolonged GLP-1 medication use remain a topic of ongoing research and debate, Thompson says