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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah
You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. She falls and breaks her hip. Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? A huge part of this decision rests on (1) her previously stated wishes, values, and goals (prior to the onset of dementia); and (2) the outcomes of surgery for patients with dementia.
In today's podcast we talk with surgeon Samir Shah and Health Services Researcher Joel Weissman…
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