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Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Minding the Gaps in Our Knowledge of a Common Postoperative Complication in the Elderly.

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Berger, M; Nadler, JW; Browndyke, J; Terrando, N; Ponnusamy, V; Cohen, HJ; Whitson, HE; Mathew, JP
Published in: Anesthesiol Clin
September 2015

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common complication associated with significant morbidity and mortality in elderly patients. There is much interest in and controversy about POCD, reflected partly in the increasing number of articles published on POCD recently. Recent work suggests surgery may also be associated with cognitive improvement in some patients, termed postoperative cognitive improvement (POCI). As the number of surgeries performed worldwide approaches 250 million per year, optimizing postoperative cognitive function and preventing/treating POCD are major public health issues. In this article, we review the literature on POCD and POCI, and discuss current research challenges in this area.

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Anesthesiol Clin

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ISSN

1932-2275

Publication Date

September 2015

Volume

33

Issue

3

Start / End Page

517 / 550

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Resilience, Psychological
  • Quality of Life
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Humans
  • Delirium
  • Cognition Disorders
  • Anesthesiology
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aged
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Berger, M., Nadler, J. W., Browndyke, J., Terrando, N., Ponnusamy, V., Cohen, H. J., … Mathew, J. P. (2015). Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Minding the Gaps in Our Knowledge of a Common Postoperative Complication in the Elderly. Anesthesiol Clin, 33(3), 517–550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2015.05.008
Berger, Miles, Jacob W. Nadler, Jeffrey Browndyke, Niccolo Terrando, Vikram Ponnusamy, Harvey Jay Cohen, Heather E. Whitson, and Joseph P. Mathew. “Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Minding the Gaps in Our Knowledge of a Common Postoperative Complication in the Elderly.Anesthesiol Clin 33, no. 3 (September 2015): 517–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2015.05.008.
Berger M, Nadler JW, Browndyke J, Terrando N, Ponnusamy V, Cohen HJ, et al. Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Minding the Gaps in Our Knowledge of a Common Postoperative Complication in the Elderly. Anesthesiol Clin. 2015 Sep;33(3):517–50.
Berger, Miles, et al. “Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Minding the Gaps in Our Knowledge of a Common Postoperative Complication in the Elderly.Anesthesiol Clin, vol. 33, no. 3, Sept. 2015, pp. 517–50. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2015.05.008.
Berger M, Nadler JW, Browndyke J, Terrando N, Ponnusamy V, Cohen HJ, Whitson HE, Mathew JP. Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Minding the Gaps in Our Knowledge of a Common Postoperative Complication in the Elderly. Anesthesiol Clin. 2015 Sep;33(3):517–550.
Journal cover image

Published In

Anesthesiol Clin

DOI

ISSN

1932-2275

Publication Date

September 2015

Volume

33

Issue

3

Start / End Page

517 / 550

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Resilience, Psychological
  • Quality of Life
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Humans
  • Delirium
  • Cognition Disorders
  • Anesthesiology
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aged
  • 3202 Clinical sciences