Feb 24, 2020
What can practitioners do to preoperatively screen for signs
that their patients may have issues with post operative
delirium?
How do we get patients fit for surgery, particularly as regards
delirium? Can you build up mental resilience in the run up to an
operation, do suggestions that puzzles and mental activity such as
sudoku and a good crossword help have any evidence behind them?
This piece features Monty Mythen and
Desiree Chappell in conversation with Dan
Cole, professor of clinical anesthesiology at the David
Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
and former president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists
(ASA).