Research progress on the effect of general anesthetics on perioperative sleep / 中华内分泌外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Sleep is an important activity for the body to recover. After general anesthesia, patients often experience sleep problems such as decreased sleep quality and sleep inversion. Many studies have shown that anesthetic drugs can cause sleep disorders by disturbing sleep homeostasis and circadian rhythm, and induce a series of complications, which seriously affect the recovery and prognosis of patients. This article aims to review the effects of general anesthetics on perioperative sleep, its mechanism, and preventive measures, in order to optimize the selection of anesthetics, and provide a reference for prevention of perioperative sleep disorders and improvement of sleep quality.