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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Jun 2015
Review[The addicted patient in anaesthesia - benzodiazepine dependence].
- Christine Schneemilch and Michael Brinkers.
- Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2015 Jun 1;50(6):416-23; quiz 424.
AbstractAs a result of the demographic change, the proportions of elderly patients undergoing operations and anesthesia are increasingly important. The consumption of benzodiazepines evidently rises with increasing age. Associated with the increasing consumption in the elderly is the risk of cognitive impairment, delirium, falls and fractures. Also long-term benzodiazepine use in low-dose may induce perioperative withdrawal syndrome. The following article will present characteristics and complications accompanied by critical benzodiazepine use especially in the elderly patients.© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.
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