Anesthesiologists should concern about the risk of POCD by making prevention and attentive to the potential risk factors.
It should be remembered that research in animal models which represent the specific characteristics of POCD in human remains unclear.
With many factors still unknown, there is still a chance for sinchronized preclinical and clinical research on POCD.
as the life expectancy has increased. more and more elderly patients are undergoing surgery. the burden of postoperative dysfunction has to be increased in future. There should be attempt to identify the risk factors and measures to prevent POCD.
Ambulatory Anesthesia and Non–Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA)Saeid Safari
GUIDELINES FOR AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
GUIDELINES FOR AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY
Non–Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA)
as the life expectancy has increased. more and more elderly patients are undergoing surgery. the burden of postoperative dysfunction has to be increased in future. There should be attempt to identify the risk factors and measures to prevent POCD.
Ambulatory Anesthesia and Non–Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA)Saeid Safari
GUIDELINES FOR AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
GUIDELINES FOR AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY
Non–Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA)
A basic overview on the management of intra-operative bronchospasm: the risk factors, triggers, diagnosis, prevention and management. Includes a case scenario – discussion.
Advances in the field of labour analgesia have tread a long journey from the days of ether and chloroform in 1847 to the present day practice of comprehensive programme of labour pain management using evidence-based medicine. Newer advances include introduction of newer techniques like combined spinal epidurals, low-dose epidurals facilitating ambulation, pharmacological advances like introduction of remifentanil for patient-controlled intravenous analgesia, introduction of newer local anaesthetics and adjuvants like ropivacaine, levobupivacaine, sufentanil, clonidine and neostigmine, use of inhalational agents like sevoflourane for patient-controlled inhalational analgesia using special vaporizers, all have revolutionized the practice of pain management in labouring parturients.
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and senior lecturer at the Institute of Child Health, Dr Peta Sharples, then provided an in-depth look at the effects that meningitis has on the brain and an comprehensive overview on the rehabilitation of children who have had the disease.Dr Sharples' presentation emphisised another of the day's themes, the need for early recognition and treatment not only to save lives but to aid rehabilitation for survivors.
A basic overview on the management of intra-operative bronchospasm: the risk factors, triggers, diagnosis, prevention and management. Includes a case scenario – discussion.
Advances in the field of labour analgesia have tread a long journey from the days of ether and chloroform in 1847 to the present day practice of comprehensive programme of labour pain management using evidence-based medicine. Newer advances include introduction of newer techniques like combined spinal epidurals, low-dose epidurals facilitating ambulation, pharmacological advances like introduction of remifentanil for patient-controlled intravenous analgesia, introduction of newer local anaesthetics and adjuvants like ropivacaine, levobupivacaine, sufentanil, clonidine and neostigmine, use of inhalational agents like sevoflourane for patient-controlled inhalational analgesia using special vaporizers, all have revolutionized the practice of pain management in labouring parturients.
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and senior lecturer at the Institute of Child Health, Dr Peta Sharples, then provided an in-depth look at the effects that meningitis has on the brain and an comprehensive overview on the rehabilitation of children who have had the disease.Dr Sharples' presentation emphisised another of the day's themes, the need for early recognition and treatment not only to save lives but to aid rehabilitation for survivors.
A guideline for discontinuing antiepileptic drugs in seizure-free patients – ...Dr. Rafael Higashi
Aula apresentada por Dr. Rafael Higashi, médico neurologista sobre quando retirar droga antiepilética. A guideline for discontinuing antiepileptic drugs in seizure-free patients – Summary Statement
No association between prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex and neuropsyc...Benjamin Cortes
Abstract: Sensorimotor gating deficits are relevant in schizophrenia and can be measured using prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex. It is conceivable that such deficits may hinder the cognitive functions in schizophrenia patients. In this study, using PPI and a neuropsychological battery, we studied this possibility in a group of 23 acute, neuroleptic-free schizophrenia patients and 16 controls. A non-significant decrease in PPI was found in the patients as compared to the controls, as well as significant differences in the performance of Trail A and B in Wisconsin
Card Sorting and Digit/Symbol Tests. No statistically significant correlations between PPI and neuropsychological performance were found after the correction for multiple comparisons in any group. Our results suggest that PPI deficits in schizophrenia patients may not contribute to the cognitive deficits typical of that illness, at least in patients with a non-significant PPI decrease.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS)/Brain pacemaker has evolved as an important and established treatment modality for variety of advanced movement disorders and also for some psychiatry disorders.1Chronic DBS stimulation provides a non destructive and reversible means of disturbing the abnormal function of basal ganglia circuit. It can be adjusted as disease progresses or adverse event occur. Bilateral stimulation can be performed without a significant increase inadverse effects.Adverse events related to unintended stimulation of adjacent structures are readily reversible by altering the stimulus parameters.
a presentation on autoimmune encephalitis, paraneoplastic syndrome. their types and various imaging and lab finding
their differential diagnosis
acute and long term management plans
Can brain atrophy measurement help us in monitoring MS progression in routine...MS Trust
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It was presented at the MS Trust Annual Conference in November 2014.
HISTORY OF 3-STEP LADDER WHO
1980 – WHO establishes Cancer Control Programme
Cancer prevention
Early diagnosis with curative treatment
Pain relief and palliative care
1986 – ” Cancer Pain Relief “ published by WHO
Step Ladder WHO
Updated on 1996
Worldwide acceptance protocol
Today, worldwide consensus favouring its used for management of all pain associated with serious illness
INADEQUATE PAIN TREATMENT STILL A FACT IN INDONESIA HEALTH SERVICES
PAIN AS A COMPLEX PROBLEM NEED MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR BETTER RESULT BASED INDIVIDUALLY PATIENT NEEDED
THERE IS A BIG ROLE OF PHYSICIAN AND HOSPITAL FOR BETTER PAIN MANAGEMENT
CHANGE PARADIGM TO MULTIDISCIPLINARY PAIN TREATMENT IS AN OBLIGATE FOR ALL PHYSICIAN
Pain is a common yet complex biopsychosocial phenomenon that affects every aspect of a patient’s life
Optimal management often requires good assessment, formulation of the problem in the patient, and combining pharmacological and non-pharmacological (psychological and social) interventions
Through palliative care, we change the role of a patient into a whole human being.
Through palliative care, we transform the stages leading to death into times filled with life
Pain is the production (out put ) of the brain.
Pain is invisible disease, we can’t see it like other disease, such as struma, fracture or blind.
What you have to do is to believe what ever the patient says.
Pain is what ever the patient says it is
Pain is invisible diseases, but is real for patient.
NUTRITIONAL THERAPY IN CRITICAL ILL PATIENTS
However, significant barriers can impede the enteral administration of nutrients, including gastroduodenal dysfunction reflected by high gastric residual volumes, and diarrhoea and constipation.
Possible solutions are suggested. In case of contraindication or failure of enteral nutrition, parenteral nutrition is indicated -----as a replacement or a supplement to failing enteral feeding.
The perfect timing of supplemental parenteral nutrition (early or late) remains uncertain, and parenteral nutrition should be carefully monitored
Solution of inadequate postoperative pain relief lies in developing Acute Pain Service.
APS has been shown to reduced morbidity and
mortality, increased out put and out come of
postoperative pain patients
Increased stisfaction of the patients
Shorten LOS in ICU and Hopital low cost
Nyeri adalah penggabungan perasaan sensorik dan emosional yang dipengaruhi oleh berbagai faktor.
Nyeri memiliki dua dimensi yg jelas, dimensi inderawi dan emosional
Peran dimensi emosional lebih dominan dibanding inderawi utamanya pada nyeri kronik.
History taking
Adequate time
Listen carefully
Empathetic
Trust building
Do not intervere
Pschosocioeconomic & spiritual codition
- quantity: VAS
- quality: nociceptive
- mode of onset and location
- duration & chronicity
- provocating & relieving factors
- special character
- timing of pain
- relation with posture
- associated complaints
Take home message
Acute pain is a symptom, tell us that there is something wrong in our body.
Chronic pain is a disease entity and that must be treated differently to acute pain.
Since chronic pain is biopsychosocial phenomenon it must be treated by multidisciplinary team with multidisiplinary approach.
Clossing
By 3 step ladder WHO cancer pain management, 90 % of cancer pain can be relief.
Since cancer patients cannot be cured, our main task is to let them die free of pain with Iman
Ideal pain clinic
Promoting multidisciplinary team approach
Coordinating all specialist effort
Measuring the outcome of treatment offered
Promoting palliative model rather than curative models of pain treatments
Identifying complications of IPM and promoting safe and base-evidence intervention
PiCCO tidak hanya memberikan informasi tentang curah jantung (CO) tapi bisa memberi pengukuran untuk menilai preload, kontraktilitas, afterload, dan air paru ekstravaskular (ELWI)
Role of the thalamus in propofol-induced unconsciousness relates primarily to the functional connections of nonspecific nuclei to the cortex (i.e., mediating multimodal integration of information)
The Anesthetized Brain is less Vulnerable to ischemic injury than the awake brain.
EEG changes suggestive of severe ischemia are present.
Basic Methode Brain Protection are “ Corner Stone “
CPP, CBF, CBV maintained in “Normal Range”, MAP may increased up to 10 – 20 %.
Anesthetics Drugs may have Brain Protectection effect.
Volatile anesthetics do provide some Transient Protection (< 1,5 MAC)
Barbiturates, although long considered to be the gold standard.
Hypothermic methode are controversial, Hyperthermia should be avoided.
Insulin is Administered if glucose values exceed 180 mg/dl.
Close monitoring of BSL to ensure that Hypoglycemia does not develop
a better understanding of sleep and coma may lead to new approaches to general anesthesia based on new ways to alter consciousness,29,97,98 provide analgesia,99,100 induce amnesia, and provide muscle relaxation.66
Sekecil apapun operasi di dalam otak, tetap dapat membahayakan
Keselamatan tindakan anestesi untuk bedah saraf tergantung neuroanestesiologisnya
Tim Khusus: Dengan dedikasi ada kualitas, dengan komitmen ada keunggulan dan dengan jumlah ada pengalaman
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Report Back from SGO 2024: What’s the Latest in Cervical Cancer?bkling
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NVBDCP.pptx Nation vector borne disease control programSapna Thakur
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Recomendações da OMS sobre cuidados maternos e neonatais para uma experiência pós-natal positiva.
Em consonância com os ODS – Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável e a Estratégia Global para a Saúde das Mulheres, Crianças e Adolescentes, e aplicando uma abordagem baseada nos direitos humanos, os esforços de cuidados pós-natais devem expandir-se para além da cobertura e da simples sobrevivência, de modo a incluir cuidados de qualidade.
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Estas diretrizes consolidadas apresentam algumas recomendações novas e já bem fundamentadas sobre cuidados pós-natais de rotina para mulheres e neonatos que recebem cuidados no pós-parto em unidades de saúde ou na comunidade, independentemente dos recursos disponíveis.
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Tom Selleck, an enduring figure in Hollywood. has captivated audiences for decades with his rugged charm, iconic moustache. and memorable roles in television and film. From his breakout role as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I. to his current portrayal of Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods. Selleck's career has spanned over 50 years. But beyond his professional achievements. fans have often been curious about Tom Selleck Health. especially as he has aged in the public eye.
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Introduction
Many have been interested in Tom Selleck health. not only because of his enduring presence on screen but also because of the challenges. and lifestyle choices he has faced and made over the years. This article delves into the various aspects of Tom Selleck health. exploring his fitness regimen, diet, mental health. and the challenges he has encountered as he ages. We'll look at how he maintains his well-being. the health issues he has faced, and his approach to ageing .
Early Life and Career
Childhood and Athletic Beginnings
Tom Selleck was born on January 29, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. From an early age, he was involved in sports, particularly basketball. which played a significant role in his physical development. His athletic pursuits continued into college. where he attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a basketball scholarship. This early involvement in sports laid a strong foundation for his physical health and disciplined lifestyle.
Transition to Acting
Selleck's transition from an athlete to an actor came with its physical demands. His first significant role in "Magnum P.I." required him to perform various stunts and maintain a fit appearance. This role, which he played from 1980 to 1988. necessitated a rigorous fitness routine to meet the show's demands. setting the stage for his long-term commitment to health and wellness.
Fitness Regimen
Workout Routine
Tom Selleck health and fitness regimen has evolved. adapting to his changing roles and age. During his "Magnum, P.I." days. Selleck's workouts were intense and focused on building and maintaining muscle mass. His routine included weightlifting, cardiovascular exercises. and specific training for the stunts he performed on the show.
Selleck adjusted his fitness routine as he aged to suit his body's needs. Today, his workouts focus on maintaining flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular health. He incorporates low-impact exercises such as swimming, walking, and light weightlifting. This balanced approach helps him stay fit without putting undue strain on his joints and muscles.
Importance of Flexibility and Mobility
In recent years, Selleck has emphasized the importance of flexibility and mobility in his fitness regimen. Understanding the natural decline in muscle mass and joint flexibility with age. he includes stretching and yoga in his routine. These practices help prevent injuries, improve posture, and maintain mobilit
2. Characterization of POCD
Memory impairment as identified by a reduced ability
to learn or recall information.
Disturbance in executive functioning
Disturbance in attention or speed of information
processing
Impairment of perceptual-motor abilities
Impairment in language
GERIATRIC & AGING 2003;vol 6 no 10
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POCD
• Not detected until days or weeks after
anesthesia.
• Duration of several weeks to permanent
• Diagnosis is only warranted if:
- corroborated with neurophychological
testing
- evidence of greater memory loss than one
would expect due to normal aging
4. 4
Long-term postoperative cognitive dysfunction
in the elderly: ISPOCD1 study
JT Moller P Cluitmans LS Rasmussen P Houx H Rasmussen J CanetJT Moller P Cluitmans LS Rasmussen P Houx H Rasmussen J Canet
P Rabbitt J Jolles K Larsen CD Hanning O Langeron T Johnson PM LauvenP Rabbitt J Jolles K Larsen CD Hanning O Langeron T Johnson PM Lauven
PA Kristensen A Biedler H van Beem O Fraidakis, JH SilversteinPA Kristensen A Biedler H van Beem O Fraidakis, JH Silverstein
JEW Beneken JS Gravenstein for the ISPOCD investigatorsJEW Beneken JS Gravenstein for the ISPOCD investigators
THE LANCET 1998;351:857-861
• Collaborative research effort:
– Members from 8 European countries and USA
– 13 hospitals
• Research conducted from 1994 - 1996
International Study of Postoperative Cognitive
Dysfunction
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INCIDENCE OF POCD
(according age group n=1082)
Age (yr) 1 Week 3 months
18 – 39 36.6% 5.7%
40 - 59 30.4% 5.6%
> 60 41.4% 12.7%
Monk et al: Anesthesiology 2008; 108:18-30.
7. Risk factors for POCD
Risk factors
Patient Advence age,
pre-existing cerebral, cardiac or vascular disease,
preoperative mild mild cognitive impairment
(MCI), low educational level, history of alcohol
abuse
Surgery Extensive surgical procedure, intra-or
postoperative complication, secondary surgery
Anesthesia Long-acting anesthetic, marked disturbance of
homeostasis, organ ischemia due to hypoxia and
hypoperfusion, intra-or postoperative
anesthesiological complication.
Dtsch Arztedl Int 2014; 111(8): 119-125
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8. Predictors of POCD:
3 Months After Surgery
NS0.046History of MI
NS0.021Baseline Co-morbidity
NS0.009ASA Physical Status
NS0.003History of Stroke
2.51 (p=0.057)0.001Age
0.86 (p=0.028)< 0.001Years of Education
NS0.028NYHA Status
NSNSAnesthesia Time
NSNSBaseline MMSE
NSNSGender
NSNSSurgery Type
Multivariate Odds RatioUnivariate P valueRisk Factors for POCD
Multivariate c-statistic = 0.671 (p = 0.003)
Monk et al. Anesthesiology 2001; 95: A-50
9. Preoperative factors
• Age
• Pre-existing diseases
• Low level if education
• Cognitive function
Hospital associated factors
• Change in environment
• Length of hospital stay
• Sleep deprivation
(noise and monitoring)
Postoperative factors
• Inflammatory response
• Postoperative pain
• Stress-induced sleep
disturbances
• Opioids
Interventions
• Minimal invasive surgery
• Pain control - non-opioid
• Early discharge
• Pharmacological sleep
improvement
• Reduction in nighttime noise
POCD
Pathogenic mechanism for POCD and possible
intervention
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10. Continuum from Normal Aging through
Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia
Mild cognitive impairment
Dementia
Age
Function
Normal Aging
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11. Threshold Theory for Cognitive Decline
LesionLesion
LesionLesionProtective
Factor
Case A Case B
BrainReserveCapacity
A:: Protective factor (greater brain reserve capacity), lower test sensitivity, no impairment
B: Vulnerability factor (less brain reserve capacity), higher test sensitivity, impairment
Satz, Neuropsychology 1993:(7);273.
Functional
impairment
cutoff
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16. Anesthetic Risk Factors for POCD
• Cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain regulate
normal memory
• Choline reserves ↓ with aging
• Anesthetic agents affect release of CNS
neurotransmitter
– acetylcholine, dopamine, norepinephrine
• Difficult to postulate effects of anesthesia on
memory, since mechanisms of general anesthesia
are poorly understood.
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18. • Not been able to clearly link general anesthesia
& POCD
• Suggesting neurotoxicity from animal studies,
but not fully explain POCD in humans
• Drugs effect may play a role in postoperative
cognitive decline & analgesics
Anesthesia
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Conclusion
Anesthesiologists should
concern about the risk of POCD
by making prevention and
attentive to the potential risk
factors.
It should be remembered that
research in animal models
which represent the specific
characteristics of POCD in
human remains unclear.
With many factors still
unknown, there is still a chance
for sinchronized preclinical and
clinical research on POCD.
The largest prospective study evaluating cognitive dysfunction after non-cardiac surgery was published in The Lancet in March of 1998. This study was a collaborative research effort from 13 hospitals in 8 different European countries and the United States. It was conducted from 1994 through 1996 and the senior author on this manuscript was Dr. J. S. Gravenstein at the University of Florida.
These investigators found that postoperative cognitive dysfunction occurred in 26% of patients at one week after surgery and in 10% of patients at three months after surgery, which was significantly higher than the 3% of control patients at each time point.
Univariate predictors of cognitive dysfunction at 3 months after surgery included:
Lower educational level,
Older age,
History of stroke,
Higher ASA physical status class,
Higher New York Heart Association class, and
History of a previous myocardial infarction.
When logistic regression was performed using the significant univariate indicators for cognitive decline, only lower educational level and older age remained significant.
In recent years, neurologists have described a transitional state between normal aging and dementia called mild cognitive impairment or MCI. While all elderly individuals experience some gradual cognitive decline with normal aging, there are certain elders who experience greater memory loss than one would expect for their age but do not meet the criteria for dementia. When these people are observed longitudinally, they progress to dementia at an accelerated rate compared with healthy, age-matched individuals. It is possible that the elderly patients who experience postoperative cognitive problems have mild cognitive impairment prior to surgery and the stress of the perioperative period pushes them over their “functional cliff.”
In the past decade, neuropsychologists have used the concept of a threshold theory to explain why some elderly people are vulnerable to cognitive deterioration while others remain cognitively intact their entire lives.
The basis of the threshold theory is that an individual’s brain reserve capacity determines cognitive changes during aging. In this slide, you can see two hypothetical cases. In case A, the individual has greater reserve capacity and presumably redundant neural networks. In this case, a lesion occurs but remains subthreshold and the patient continues to function normally. In case B, a similar brain lesion occurs, but the individual has less brain reserve and can no longer function normally after the insult.
Factors and molecular events associated with the pathogenesis of cognitive decline. CNS = central nervous system; DAMPs = damage-
associated molecular patterns; HMGB-1 = high mobility group box chromosomal protein 1; IL-1 = interleukin 1; PMN = polymorphonuclear
leukocytes; TNF = tumor necrosis factor α; TNFR = tumor necrosis factor α receptor; TLR = toll-like receptor.
Surgery has been shown to engage the innate immune system and activate a cascade of pro-inflammatory mediators, including alarmins, cytokines and eicosanoids. These molecules exert effects on the humoral and neuronal signaling overall contributing to the neuroinflammatory response. These processes are mediated not only by activation
of resident microglia but also by infiltration of peripheral cells into the brain parenchyma via a disrupted BBB. This pro-inflammatory milieu and glia dysfunction impair neuronal activity and synaptic plasticity, impinging on processes of long- term potentiation, neurotransmission, and receptor function at the synapse. In combination, these pathological hallmarks contribute to learning and memory impairments following surgical trauma.
Exposure to anesthesia has been suggested as a possible cause of postoperative cognitive decline. Evidence suggests that cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain regulate normal memory function. Choline reserves decrease with aging and this is felt to be the primary reason that the elderly are more prone to delirium following surgery. Anesthetic agents affecting the release of central nervous system transmitters such as acetylcholine, dopamine, and norepinephrine could potentially impair memory, especially in elderly patients. However, the mechanisms of general anesthesia are poorly understood making it difficult to postulate the effects of anesthesia on memory.
Perioperative changes in serum anticholinergic activity (ΔSAA) in patients with and without postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Most patients have small changes in SAA, and patients with and without POCD show both perioperative decreases and increases in SAA, suggesting that SAA is unlikely to be an important factor in the development of POCD in the majority of these patients.