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Guidelines for the peri‐operative care of people with dementia
Author(s) -
White S.,
Griffiths R.,
Baxter M.,
Beanland T.,
Cross J.,
Dhesi J.,
Docherty A. B.,
Foo I.,
Jolly G.,
Jones J.,
Moppett I. K.,
Plunkett E.,
Sachdev K.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/anae.14530
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , quality (philosophy) , nursing , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , disease , epistemology , pathology , philosophy
Summary Ageing populations have greater incidences of dementia. People with dementia present for emergency and, increasingly, elective surgery, but are poorly served by the lack of available guidance on their peri‐operative management, particularly relating to pharmacological, medico‐legal, environmental and attitudinal considerations. These guidelines seek to deliver such guidance, by providing information for peri‐operative care providers about dementia pathophysiology, specific difficulties anaesthetising patients with dementia, medication interactions, organisational and medico‐legal factors, pre‐, intra‐ and postoperative care considerations, training, sources of further information and care quality improvement tools.