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Monoamine oxidase inhibitors and elective surgery

Zeyd Y. Ebrahim, MD, Jerome O’Hara, MD, Lester Borden, MD and John Tetzlaff, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1993, 60 (2) 129-130;

ABSTRACT

Monoamine oxidase inhibitor use is considered a contraindication for elective surgery. We reviewed 32 patients on a regimen of isocarboxazid 10 mg daily who underwent elective surgery. Their anesthetic management, postanesthesia outcome, and pharmacology are described.

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