Avoiding surgery in patients with dementia: is it the correct management?
ABSTRACT. Although hospitalization for dementia is increasing, Japanese doctors often refrain from surgeries considering dementia. A woman in her 80s diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease was admitted to hospital for cholelithiasis. Due to the avoidance of surgery, the inflammation was prolonged and th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
2022-09-01
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Series: | Dementia & Neuropsychologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642022000500493&tlng=en |