Predictors of Cognitive Dysfunction after Major Noncardiac Surgery

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Authors

Terri G. Monk · Marymount University

B. Craig Weldon · Duke University Hospital

Cyndi Garvan · Cancer Research And Biostatistics

Abstract

Cognitive dysfunction is common in adult patients of all ages at hospital discharge after major noncardiac surgery, but only the elderly (aged 60 yr or older) are at significant risk for long-term cognitive problems. Patients with POCD are at an increased risk of death in the first year after surgery.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Anesthesiology

Volume 108, Issue 1, pp. 18-30

DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000296071.19434.1e

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