Pharmacogenomics and perioperative medicine — Implications for modern clinical practicePharmacogénomique et médecine périopératoire : implications pour la pratique clinique moderne

Genetic variation plays an important role in chronic disease and in perioperative patient management. It was our intent in this short review to cite practical examples of relevant overlap between pharmacoge-nomics and clinical anesthesiology. The influence of genetics on patient safety is seen throughout the perioperative period, when evaluating patients with co-existing diseases in the pre-anesthesia clinic, when considering metabolism and efficacy of drugs intra-operatively, and at the time of postoperative pain management and clinical outcome assessment. The situations presented in this editorial provide compel-ling reasons for clinicians to embrace the partnership between genetics and anesthesiology.