Preoperative Stress Syndromes and Their Evaluation, Consultation, and Management
Publication/Presentation Date
1-2009
Abstract
Anxiety is a nonspecific symptom and everyone experiences this emotion. Sometimes anxiety is adaptive, such as in novel situations, as it helps to mobilize an individual for a quick response. Anxiety can heighten awareness and help to prepare a defense to a threatening situation. Anxiety can be experienced with emotional and physical symptoms. Emotional symptoms include excessive worry and fear, dread, feeling on edge, poor concentration, and irritability. Physical symptoms include increased heart rate, shortness of breath, upset stomach, sweating, tremors, fatigue, and muscle tension. Some aspects of these manifestations, considered the fear response, are adaptive in the sense that they may help to promote the survival of an individual and the species. It is no wonder why it is so highly conserved in vertebrates and essentially hardwired into our brains
Volume
27
Issue
1
First Page
55
Last Page
71
Published In/Presented At
Norris, E.R., Rifai, M.A., & Kaufmann, M.W. (2009). Preoperative stress syndromes and their evaluation, consultation, and management. Advances in Anesthesia 27(1). 55-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aan.2009.07.005
Disciplines
Anesthesiology | Medicine and Health Sciences
Department(s)
Department of Anesthesiology
Document Type
Article