Articles: surgery.
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To compare outcomes of patients using versus not using cannabis as a treatment for pain after discharge from surgery. ⋯ Patient-reported cannabis use, to treat postoperative pain, was associated with increased opioid consumption after discharge from surgery that was of clinically insignificant amounts, but worse pain and other postoperative patient-reported outcomes.
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Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) marginal dose is associated with successful obliteration of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM). SRS dose rate-how old the cobalt-60 sources are-is known to influence outcomes for some neurological conditions and benign tumors. The objective of this study was to determine the association between cobalt-60 treatment dose rate and cerebral AVM obliteration in patients treated with SRS. ⋯ Patients with cerebral AVMs treated with higher SRS dose rates (from newer cobalt-60 sources) experience higher incidences of obliteration without a significant change in the risk of post-treatment edema.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Mar 2024
Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Postoperative Delirium in Procedures of Moderate-to-High Complexity: A Hospital-Registry Study.
Patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) experience chronic sleep disturbances and desaturation, factors that have been associated with postoperative delirium and that can be aggravated after anesthesia for complex procedures. We investigated whether OSA is associated with delirium after anesthesia, and whether this association is modified by procedural complexity. ⋯ Compared to non-OSA patients, a history of OSA is associated with a higher risk after high-complexity procedures such as cardiac or thoracic surgery but not after procedures of moderate complexity.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Mar 2024
Postoperative cognitive worsening in seniors with an age above life expectancy: a prospective longitudinal study.
The growing number of elderly patients in hospitals is a challenge for healthcare systems. The main objective is to measure the postoperative change in the cognitive status at hospital discharge and one year after discharge in elderly patients undergoing planned or deferrable surgery. ⋯ Elderly patients had a significantly worse 6CIT value after planned surgery, which may derive in part from age and in part from hospitalization. It is difficult to determine if general anesthesia alone has no harmful effects on cognitive performance in patients at discharge and one year later. Further data are necessary.
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Systematic review. ⋯ 3.