AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Patient Safety Authority (patientsafety.pa.gov) is an independent state agency that oversees the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS), the largest database of its kind in the United States.
Abstract
We have been increasingly hearing concerns from healthcare facilities about a class of medications known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) agonists and their impact on patients receiving anesthesia for procedures. GLP-1 agonists and their potential for delayed gastric emptying may be associated with an increased risk of regurgitation and aspiration of gastric contents during general anesthesia and deep sedation.1 Over the past few months, we have also received event reports in the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) involving complications resulting from GLP-1 agonists not being discontinued prior to a procedure, including one that resulted in aspiration pneumonitis.
Keywords
GLP-1, agonists, anesthesia, sedation
