October 15, 2012 (Washington, DC) — For elderly patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture, complication rates and length of hospital stay are similar whether they receive general or spinal ...

Exposure to general anaesthesia increases the risk of dementia in the elderly by 35 percent, says new research. Exposure to general anaesthesia increases the risk of dementia in the elderly by 35%, ...

October 22, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ --After decades of decline, the worldwide death rate from full anesthesia is quietly creeping higher. According to an article recently published in the German ...

March 9, 2010 — The risk of postoperative complications is not exacerbated by cholinesterase inhibitor therapy in elderly adults with dementia who receive general anesthesia during hip fracture ...

General anaesthesia for the elderly boosts the risks of dementia by more than a third, according to a study by French doctors released on Friday. Researchers led by Francois Sztark at the University ...

(HealthDay News) – Elderly people who have received general anesthesia are at a higher risk of developing dementia, according to a study presented at the annual Euroanaesthesia Congress, held from ...

Adjusting for patients' covariates, postoperative complications and mortality among geriatric surgical patients exhibited an age-dependent, illness-related, and preoperative medical expense“associated ...

General anesthesia for bilateral exploration can be performed safely in elderly patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, according to a Family Practice News report. According to researchers from the ...

Elderly patients who are exposed to general anesthesia have a 35% higher risk of developing dementia, researchers from INSERM and University of Bordeaux, France, reported at Euroanaesthesia, the ...