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Podcast: Beyond The Mask: Innovation & Opportunities For CRNAs
Episode: The Anesthesia Enigma: Decoding Sedation and Cognitive Aftermath
Description: Today, we will closely examine a phenomenon that’s growing in frequency and importance and getting more and more attention in the anesthesia community: postoperative delirium. As our population ages and more and more elderly people are having surgery for more and more procedures, are concerned about postop with delirium and its complications and long-term implications have become more and more critical. So, hang onto your scrub caps, ladies and gentlemen, as we explore postoperative delirium, its antecedents, consequences, and how to reduce its incidence.
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