Surgery and persistent cognitive decline: a commentary and an independent discussion

Elizabeth L Whitlock; L Grisell Diaz-Ramirez; Michael S Avidan

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2019.10.020

Surgery and persistent cognitive decline: a commentary and an independent discussion

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Mar;124(3):229-234. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.10.020. Epub 2019 Dec 12.

Authors

Elizabeth L Whitlock¹, L Grisell Diaz-Ramirez², Michael S Avidan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: avidanm@wustl.edu.

PMID: 31839254
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.10.020

No abstract available

Keywords: anaesthesia; cognitive trajectory; independent discussion; neurocognitive dysfunction; neurocognitive testing; postoperative cognitive decline.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Anesthesia*
Cognition
Cognitive Dysfunction*
Cohort Studies
Follow-Up Studies
Humans