Handout

Advocating for Anesthesia Preferences

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Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page

Population:

Adult

Discipline:

OTSLP

Diagnosis:

AgingDementiaProgressive Neurological ConditionsStroke

References:

  • Evered, L., Silbert, B., Knopman, D. S., Scott, D. A., DeKosky, S. T., Rasmussen, L. S., ... & Nomenclature Consensus Working Group. (2018). Recommendations for the nomenclature of cognitive change associated with anaesthesia and surgery—2018. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 66(1), 1-10.
  • Inouye, S. K., Westendorp, R. G., & Saczynski, J. S. (2014). Delirium in elderly people. The lancet, 383(9920), 911-922.
  • Aldecoa, C., Bettelli, G., Bilotta, F., Sanders, R. D., Audisio, R., Borozdina, A., ... & Spies, C. D. (2017). European Society of Anaesthesiology evidence-based and consensus-based guideline on postoperative delirium. European Journal of Anaesthesiology| EJA, 34(4), 192-214.
  • Hughes, C. G., Boncyk, C. S., Culley, D. J., Fleisher, L. A., Leung, J. M., McDonagh, D. L., ... & Perioperative Quality Initiative. (2020). American society for enhanced recovery and perioperative quality initiative joint consensus statement on postoperative delirium prevention. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 130(6), 1572-1590.
  • Punjasawadwong, Y., Phongchiewboon, A., & Bunchungmongkol, N. (2014). Bispectral index for improving anaesthetic delivery and postoperative recovery. Cochrane database of systematic reviews, (6).
This handout helps you support informed, patient-centered conversations about cognitive risks related to surgery and anesthesia in individuals with baseline memory or thinking changes. You can use it to help patients and families understand perioperative brain health, prepare questions for the medical team, and recognize warning signs of delirium or cognitive changes after surgery.
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