GLP-1 + anesthesia (preoperative)
Plain-language patient-community terms — plateau, microdosing, switching.
Definition
The American Society of Anesthesiologists 2023 guidance recommends holding daily GLP-1s for 1 day and weekly GLP-1s for 1 week before procedures requiring anesthesia, due to elevated aspiration risk from delayed gastric emptying. Updated 2024 guidance is less strict (hold not strictly required if NPO ≥18 hours and clinical judgment supports proceeding). Endoscopy patients on GLP-1s have ~6× increased rate of retained gastric contents.
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