Anybody with anaesthetics experiences here?

[DTCwordfan]

My mother has Alzheimers and the general advice is to avoid the use of GSAnaethestics as it can help "muddy" the mental waters, so to speak.

So this afternoon she had a cataract - in her notes was this fact and that we had also pre-cleared a sedative with her consultant for Alzheimers and her GP but also the note no GSA.

So what do they do? (Treliske Hospital). They give her a sedative and her eye was still dancing around, as if it should have been on "Strictly,"so they knock her out - ten minutes with Sevoflurane..............

No communication with me even though I was upstairs and on my mobile (they had my number).

Anybody with experience of Sevoflurane and potential impact on Alzheimers (and Vascular).

I was somewhat surprised as she went into her procedure with a BP of only 104/49...... that has been addressed by her GP backing one of her BP tablets out of her blisters. I thought they may have stopped the procedure at the getco.

[Sqad]

I just have to guess half of what was going on, so please excuse me if I get the wrong end of the stick.

BY GSAnaesthetic, you mean General Anaesthesia?

Now cataracts are almost always done under local anaesthesia, with or without sedation, but in this case it clearly didn't work and one had to decide whether to abandon the procedure or give her a short acting inhalation anaesthetic like Sevoflurane to complete the procedure which they did.

Now going into an ophthalmic procedure with a low BP is ideal as it reduces bleeding and the intraocular pressure making a satisfactory operating field.

I fail to see you objections.

[DTCwordfan]

Thanks Sqad GSA indeed General Anaesthetic.

Not my objections per se, more my concerns. Though they could have contacted me.........

[Sqad]

DT..;-)