Posted on 08/27/2022 6:32:48 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
ICU stays may be associated with a higher risk of developing dementia, according to a study.
Researchers found that hospitalization in intensive care units was associated with double the risk of dementia compared with those who did not experience ICU hospitalization.
Epidemiologist Bryan James, Ph.D. said that while ICU hospitalization due to critical illness has been linked to subsequent cognitive impairment in older patients, fewer studies have demonstrated a relationship between ICU hospitalization and a long-term risk of developing Alzheimer's or other age-related dementias.
"Given the high rate of ICU hospitalization in older persons, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical to explore this relationship," James said. "ICU hospitalizations may be an under-recognized risk factor for dementia in older adults."
The results showed that adults who experienced an ICU hospitalization had double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia in subsequent years compared with those who did not experience an ICU hospitalization.
James said it was unclear why ICU hospitalizations may be associated with higher rates of dementia, but there were several factors researchers were pursuing.
"The critical illness itself that leads to hospitalization could result in damage to the brain—for example, severe COVID-19 has been shown to directly harm the brain," he said. "Second, specific events experienced during ICU stay have been shown to increase risk for cognitive impairment, including infection and severe sepsis, acute dialysis, neurologic dysfunction and delirium, and sedation."
James said it was up to health care providers to determine a path forward for patients who may be facing cognitive issues as they exit ICU care.
"Health care providers caring for older patients who have experienced a hospitalization for critical illness should be prepared to assess and monitor their patients' cognitive status as part of their long-term care plan," he said.
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It’s one if the things that concerns me with standard colonoscopies. Strangely, although you can choose multiple levels of sedation, doctors I’ve contacted only want to give you the most. When I’ve asked for light sedation, I’ve been turned away.
Re: Light Sedation requests by the patient being refused by the operating doctor.
Perhaps it has been the experience of most doctors that even when the patient directly requests light sedation, should this patient experience high levels of pain and discomfort during the procedure, the operating physician will still be held culpable to some degree. “I’m just your patient. You should have known I could not deal with that high and sustained level of pain. Nobody could!”
**I have gone through several surgeries over the last 10 years. VA Hospitals. I’ve experience general anesthesia and localized Pain Blocks. I have no real complaints thus far. I consider myself a Blessed Man for so much to go so well.
I demanded zero sedation and zero medication for mine. And I got it. Makes me wonder what’s wrong with all the pussies out there. It was not painful.
I have a very strong suspicion the doctors want the patients asleep for their own benefit not for the benefit of the patient. For example, imagine a doctor screws up a procedure and accidentally causes an injury. They don’t want to deal with a fully aware and alert patient.
I’ve had anesthesia once in my life and never want it again. Ever. I will ask for a nerve block of some kind if I ever need surgery again. I don’t ever want to be “put under” again. I honestly and sincerely believe being put under is severely damaging to health. I had a severe reaction to it when I woke up.
Maybe because they were all jabbed?
At the VA I insisted on no drugs and they complied, but I had to argue.
It’s not at all a surprise to me that people who are sick enough to require ICU are more at risk for other ailments. Is dementia the only one?
Full or general anesthesia certainly is a gamble. Even with an experienced anesthesiologist, misjudgements can occur, resulting in painful and/or very stressful results. There are many people like yourself, who want nothing to do with that level of pain control. Sometimes, the lungs ‘don’t like’ it.
Broke my back in a crash and they put me under for a spinal fusion to repair it.
Guess I am a pussy, eh newb?
For about a week, I treated myself at home, had groceries delivered and drank a lot of chicken broth before graduating to soup and finally solid food. Finally, on the 6th day, I went in for a drive in Covid test. By the time they called me the next day to tell me the result was negative, I was mostly back to normal.
About two weeks later, I had an appointment with the family sawbones. He had the test results and would not confirm whether or not I had Covid, but asked if I had the symptoms. When I related my experience, he stated I should have gone to the ER as my wife suggested, but asked if there was anything more to the self-treatment I just described. I said there was a certain horse medicine that I'd bought at Agway and kept on hand just in case there was such an occasion. He looked at me as said "You know I can't approve that, but I won't argue with your result."
Because they NEVER LET YOU SLEEP the whole time you are in there.
Selecting for patients with serious illness that require prolonged ventilation and sedation would seem to result in more episodes of hypoxia. Strokes, infections, cardiac disease etc.
I had gall bladder removed the old fashion way with 8” long incision at age 50. I was under full dose of anesthesia of course. Guess what I had irregular heart beats for a year after the surgery. Never had it before. Now I am healthy as a horse at age 82 with regular aerobic exercise.
Colonoscopy, eh>
No wonder you wanted no anesthesia, so as to fully experience the whole thing.
Thanks for providing more evidence of your character flaws as I described in my previous post.
Anything else?
I am thoroughly convinced the best policy is to avoid as much medical and medicine as possible. I don’t even trust ibuprofen anymore.
I U hospitalization says you had serious disease going on…..Stroke or some other life threatening problem. You need d extra watching and a higher level of care
IF it were caused by the hospital stay then they ought to look at the CCU outcomes as well
This is just a stupid “look at what I found” by some nut scratcher
^5, I’m a big Ivermectin proponent, took it prophylactically a few times during spikes and when I got Covid last January.
Lots of Ivermectin links:
https://patriots.win/p/12kFwWqqxx/x/c/4JEWdG3IkXQ
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