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Dementia

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Decreased MACDelayed EmergenceEmergence DeliriumAspirationParalytic SensitivityBradycardiaArrhythmiasAvoid HypotensionAvoid KetamineLabile Blood PressureStroke RiskHypertensionHyperthermiaHyperkalemiaAvoid SuccinylcholineCareful PositioningRefractory PainAvoid Benzodiazepines

Pathophysiology

Dementia — major neurocognitive disorder in DSM -5 — is an acquired, persistent, progressive decline in one or more cognitive domains: memory and learning, complex attention, executive function,...

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