Episode 38: Anesthesia Management for a Pheochromocytoma

Sass and Jeremy talk about the preparation and perioperative management of a patient who requires the removal of a pheochromocytoma. They discuss the important preoperative optimization that’s required to appropriately care for these patients, and what you can do if you ever experience an unexpected pheochromocytoma during the anesthetic care of your patients.

References

1.    Elisha S. “Anesthesia Case Management for Excision of a Pheochromocytoma.” Case Studies in Nurse Anesthesia. 1st ed. Elsevier, 2021.

2.    Elisha S. “The Endocrine System and Anesthesia.” In Elisha S, Heiner JS, Nagelhout JJ. Nurse Anesthesia. 7th ed. Elsevier 2023.

3.    Fagundes GFC, Almeida MQ. Perioperative Management of Pheochromocytomas and Sympathetic Paragangliomas. J Endocr Soc. 2022;6(2):bvac004. Published 2022 Jan 14. doi:10.1210/jendso/bvac004 

4.    Kamath AS, Singh K. Perioperative Management of Pheochromocytoma. [Updated 2023 Jul 6]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. 

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