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  2. Geriatric anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    The Society for the Advancement of Geriatric Anesthesia (SAGA) is dedicated to improving the care of the older patient coming to surgery. It offers educational programs at its annual meeting as well as at meetings of other anesthesia societies. It also offer educational support for anesthesia training programs. [7]

  3. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction - Wikipedia

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    POCD is just as likely to occur after operations under regional anesthesia as under general anesthesia. [2] [4] More likely after major operations than minor operations. [9] [11] More likely after heart operations than other types of surgery. [9] [11] More likely in aged than in younger patients. [9] [11] More likely in older patients with high ...

  4. Total intravenous anaesthesia - Wikipedia

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    During or after TIVA, patients may be subjected to an elevated risk of anesthesia awareness, hyperalgesia and neurotoxicity. [2] Considering these risks, special consideration is given to obese, elderly and pediatric patients. [citation needed]

  5. Postoperative nausea and vomiting - Wikipedia

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    Anticholinergics can be used as a long-acting patch placed behind the patient's ear. Adverse effects include dry mouth and blurry vision. Care must be taken when handling the patch, as transfer of medication to the eye can induce pupillary dilation. Avoid use in elderly patients. Medications include scopolamine.

  6. Emergence delirium - Wikipedia

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    Elderly people are more likely to experience confusion or problems with thinking following surgery, which can occur up to several days postoperatively. These cognitive problems can last for weeks or months, and can affect the patients’ ability to plan, focus, remember, or undertake activities of daily living.

  7. Effects of early-life exposures to anesthesia on the brain

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    The FDA continued on in the communication to state that it was unlikely for a single, brief exposure to anesthesia to have negative learning or behavior effects, and recommended that health care professionals, patients, and caregivers weigh the benefits and risks of procedures requiring anesthetic exposures greater than three hours before ...

  8. Surgeon shares story of insurance provider calling during ...

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    A surgeon in Austin, Texas, was in the operating room with a patient when a call came in from the patient’s insurance provider, UnitedHealthcare. She returned the call and shared the story.

  9. Theories of general anaesthetic action - Wikipedia

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    The Meyer-Overton correlation for anaesthetics. A nonspecific mechanism of general anaesthetic action was first proposed by Emil Harless and Ernst von Bibra in 1847. [9] They suggested that general anaesthetics may act by dissolving in the fatty fraction of brain cells and removing fatty constituents from them, thus changing activity of brain cells and inducing anaesthesia.