Anesthesia for the patient with dementia

Kamilia S Funder; Jacob Steinmetz; Lars S Rasmussen

doi:10.3233/jad-2010-100810

Anesthesia for the patient with dementia

Kamilia S Funder, Jacob Steinmetz, Lars S Rasmussen

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Abstract

With a growing aging population, more patients suffering from dementia are expected to undergo surgery, thus being exposed to either general or regional anesthesia. This calls for specific attention ranging from the legal aspects of obtaining informed consent in demented patients to deciding on the use of premedication, choice of anesthetics, and management of postoperative pain. This review reflects on both general considerations concerning geriatric patients but also on the specific features of perioperatively used drugs and anesthetics that might have an impact on patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Volume	22 Suppl 3
Pages (from-to)	129-34
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1387-2877
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-2010-100810
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2010

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