Depressed Pituitary-Adrenal Response to Surgical Stress in Chronic Schizophrenic Patients
作者:
Akira Kudoh,
Tsuyoshi Kudo,
Hironori Ishihara,
Akitomo Matsuki,
期刊:
Neuropsychobiology
(Karger Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 36,
issue 3
页码: 112-116
ISSN:0302-282X
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1159/000119372
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Pituitary-adrenal function;Chronic schizophrenia;Surgical stress and antipsychotics
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
We evaluated whether pituitary-adrenal response to surgical stress is modified in chronic schizophrenic patients. Twenty-two schizophrenic patients on chronic antipsychotic therapy of phenothiazine derivatives over 10 years underwent orthopedic surgery of the extremities under general anesthesia by isoflurane and nitrous oxide. In chronic schizophrenic patients, responses of plasma epinephrine, norepinephrine, ACTH and cortisol levels during surgical stress were significantly lower than those of control patients. The attenuated response to surgical stress in these patients may be associated with their autonomic dysfunction and decreased pituitary-adrenal activity due to chronic administration of antipsychotic agents.
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