Patients who continued Ozempic through total joint arthroplasty had higher risk for complications compared with those who stopped GLP-1RAs before surgery.

Stopping GLP-1 receptor agonists 14 days prior to total hip or knee arthroplasty may reduce several key risk factors ...

Patients using GLP-1 drugs had no difference in the odds of postoperative aspiration pneumonia versus non-users. Preoperative ...

Because obesity and obesity-related conditions have been linked to several types of cancer, doctors believe that these ...

Highlights of the findings include: Stopping Ozempic three to five days prior to surgery was identified as an independent risk factor for delayed emergence from anesthesia. In contrast ...

Blockbuster GLP-1 medications are changing patient care, impacting surgery volumes and reshaping the financial landscape of the healthcare industry.

This cohort study found no significant association between the preoperative use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists were associated with better graft and patient survival. Clinical trials are needed to confirm these ...

Patients taking GLP-1 drugs also had a 31% lower risk of dying ... She is an associate professor of surgery and population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Orandi said this risk can ...

“To minimize risks of delayed emergence from anesthesia, aspiration, aspiration pneumonitis, and conversion to intubation, ceasing GLP-1 RA 14 days before surgery is optimal,” the authors write.