Sevoflurane addiction due to workplace exposure: A case report and literature review
Rationale:
Anesthesiologists have a well-known increased risk of substance abuse. High-concentration of inhalation anesthetics in exhaled air of operating room personnel is detected. such secondhand exposure produces neurobiological sensitization to the reinforcing effects of inhalation anesthetics.
Patient concerns:
An addictive young male anesthesiologist who was long-term abuse with sevoflurane after 4 years occupational exposure. A 28-year-old anesthesiologist on duty was found deeply sleep in the locker room and coved his nose with Gauze with high-concentration of sevoflurane. He was found addiction to sevoflurane second time. Several life-threatening incidents occurred including severe aspiration pneumonia. No other addiction was found in his history before he became severely dependent on sevoflurane.
Diagnoses:
A visual analog scale was employed to assess the severity of craving for sevoflurane and the Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Symptom Scale (BWSQ2)-scale was used to assess sevoflurane withdrawal syndrome(WS).
Interventions:
First time an opened original sevoflurane container filled with water instead of sevoflurane was handed out for a minute in order to elicit craving and withdrawal symptom in five therapeutic single-sessions. Second time an opened original sevoflurane container filled with sevoflurane instead of water was used as his powerful cur-stimulus and also was handed out for a minute.
Outcomes:
After professional therapy and continuous surveill...
Source: Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Case Report Source Type: research
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