The Anesthesia Consultant is written by Richard Novak, MD, an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University.
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) presents as a triad of chronic cannabis use, cyclic episodes of nausea and vomiting, and frequent hot bathing. If the patient withholds the history of chronic cannabis use, it’s difficult to impossible to make the correct diagnosis.
You’re a patient scheduled for elective surgery tomorrow. You’re nervous and you’d like to drink a glass of wine (or two) at dinner the night before the surgery. Is this OK? What’s the relationship between alcohol and anesthesia?
