Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Oct 2011
Review[Post-surgery cognitive disorders: prevention, diagnosis and treatment strategies].
Hip fracture is an important step in the autonomy evolution in elderly. As gait is particularly jeopardised after such a traumatism, cognition may also be acutely impaired. Elderly post-surgery delirium is frequent, but chronic progression of cognitive impairment and dementia may occur. ⋯ A neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's disease may be clinically silent prior the traumatic event, and may decompensate soon after as the cognitive reserve is not sufficient anymore. Dementia may then lead to progressive autonomy loss. A systematic interdisciplinary approach is needed to prevent frail patients from delirium, and to early cure it to decrease the risk of long-term autonomy loss.
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Hip fracture is a major health burden due to both its frequency and its deep impact on patient's outcome. The key issue of this poor outcome seems to be cardiac complications. The onset of these cardiac complications seems to appear early in the clinical course in the form of perioperative myocardial ischemia that are both preventable and treatable. Their clinical and electrocardiographic pattern is very poor and they can be thoroughly detected by only either a systematic electrocardiographic 12 lead monitoring or troponin dosage.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Oct 2011
Review[Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD): strategy of prevention, assessment and management].
The femoral neck fracture is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. The etiology of cognitive impairment observed in this population of aged patient seems to be multifactorial. In the strategy of prevention, elderly patient must have the clearer information dealing with the postoperative cognitive dysfunction. ⋯ During the anaesthesia consultation, it seems important to assess the cognitive function of this elderly patient (like using neuropsycholgical scale as the MMSE) and to identify associated risk factors of cognitive dysfunction. The management of cognitive disorders should be multidisciplinary, the anesthesiologist being the main referent, in collaboration with the geriatrician and the surgeon. In the clinical setting of femoral neck fracture in the elderly, this multimodal management (pain, nutrition, functional rehabilitation to make these patients autonomous as quickly as possible), seems to improve the functional prognosis and to have the observed POCD decreased.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Oct 2011
Review[Transcutaneous aortic valve implantation: Anesthetic and perioperative management].
To describe the perioperative management, from the point of view of the anesthesia-intensive care unit specialist, of patients with aortic stenosis who undergo transcatheter aortic valve implantation (femoral or apical TAVI). ⋯ TAVI expands treatment options for patients with aortic valve stenosis. The anaesthesia team must be involved in the care of these patients with the same level of expertise and care as in heart surgery on critical patients.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Oct 2011
Review[Strategy of postoperative rehabilitation after femoral neck fracture in elderly patients].
The femoral neck fracture in elderly patient is an entity that is within the scope of "disease causing a femoral neck fracture". The specific factors for successful management of these elderly patients are centered around patient's comorbidities, specific management in a clinical pathway, and more or less early rehabilitation after surgery. ⋯ The improvement of nutritional status, equilibrium for comorbidities and early rehabilitation with walking activities and physiotherapy significantly improve functional outcome at short and medium terms and postoperative mortality. The use of multimodal analgesia and regional analgesia primarily by perioperative continuous femoral nerve blocks also improve the medical prognosis and functional outcome of the patient.