• Langenbecks Arch Surg · Oct 2013

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    Perioperative management of delirium and dementia in the geriatric surgical patient.

    • Irene Hamrick and Frank Meyer.
    • Geriatric Services, Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
    • Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2013 Oct 1;398(7):947-55.

    BackgroundOlder adults undergo operations as our population ages. Increasing life expectancy and disease burden, along with decreased functional status and organ reserve, place the elderly surgical patient at higher general risk in the perioperative state. In particular, these patients have more diseases including dementia and medications that put them specifically at higher risk of delirium.PurposeThis overview describes the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of delirium and its interface with depression and dementia, and explains aging changes based on the picture of perioperative management in surgical interventions.ConclusionsToday, surgeons must be equipped to attend the geriatric patient's needs. Early recognition of comorbidities such as dementia and delirium as well as speedy and competent therapeutic treatment can limit consequences and impact.

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