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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Basavana Goudra MD FRCA FCARCSI FASA Professor of Anesthesiology and Professor of Medicine Sidney Kimmel Medical College Medical Director of Jefferson Surgical Center Endoscopy Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA
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Dr. Goudra: Cannabis use is increasingly common, and anesthesia providers are consequently encountering more patients who use cannabis before procedural sedation and anesthesia. This has become an important perioperative issue because cannabinoids can have complex effects on the central and peripheral nervous systems, and their pharmacologic effects vary with the dose, potency, frequency, and route of administration.