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Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Current Anesthesiology Reports, 2017Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a poorly defined syndrome to describe cognitive impairment in patients following anaesthesia and surgery. This narrative POCD review outlines the relevant literature from animal and clinical studies published within the last 5 years with a focus on elderly patients.
Fiona Oglesby +3 more
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Cognitive dysfunction in atrial fibrillation [PDF]
Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2018 Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in adults, and its incidence and prevalence increase with age. The risk of cognitive impairment and dementia also increases with age, and both AF and cognitive impairment or dementia share important risk factors.
Malini Madhavan +3 more
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Heart failure and cognitive dysfunction [PDF]
International Journal of Cardiology, 2015 It has been estimated that 5.1million Americans suffer from heart failure. Cognitive impairment has been described as a consequence of heart failure in numerous studies spanning the last three decades. This systematic review helps differentiate "cognitive impairment" into mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and delirium.
John E. Morley, James Ampadu
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Nutraceuticals for Cognitive Dysfunction [PDF]
, 2019 With increasing age, humans and animals suffer from partial or complete loss of cognition and memory. As a result, quality of life declines significantly. Among many underlying mechanisms, a significant decline in the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh), an increase in N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA), and oxidative stress are the most recognized events ...
Ramesh C. Gupta +4 more
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Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in the Elderly
Anesthesiology Clinics, 2009Despite improvement in surgical techniques, anesthetic management, and intensive care, a significant number of elderly patients develop postoperative cognitive decline. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a postoperative memory or thinking impairment that has been corroborated by neuropsychological testing, for which increasing age is the ...
Arthur M. Lam, Ramesh Ramaiah
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Cognitive Dysfunction in Myasthenia Gravis
International Journal of Neuroscience, 1990The performance of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) on selective neuropsychological tests was examined to assess the diagnostic applicability of such examinations. Twenty-seven patients with MG and twenty-seven age, sex, and education-matched controls were given a battery of tests designed to assess cognitive functions.
Kiyoshi Takamiya +4 more
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Animal models of cognitive dysfunction
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 2006The increased life expectancy in industrialised countries in the last half century has also brought to a greater incidence of neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases and developing in a rather long time. In this respect, Alzheimer's disease (AD), for the large incidence, and the dramatic loss of autonomy caused by its cognitive and
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Postoperative cognitive dysfunction
Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, 2012Summary Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is probably the most frequent type of postoperative cognitive impairment. It mostly resolves within days to weeks, but may become a permanent disorder with significant impact on patients' quality of life. The pathophysiology of POCD remains incompletely understood. Among the patient-related risk factors for
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Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
2018Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is an underdiagnosed serious complication occurring after a surgical procedure. It carries risks for short-term and long-term complications and may predispose an individual to a multitude of morbidities, increased healthcare-related cost, as well as death.
Wael Saasouh, Shobana Rajan
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Ambulatory anaesthesia and cognitive dysfunction
Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2015More surgical procedures are performed on an ambulatory basis and the advantages are apparent, but outpatient surgery presents challenges because of the expectation of a fast recovery soon after termination of anaesthesia. Ambulatory surgery is a well tolerated regimen with few serious adverse outcomes, hence difficult to obtain sound scientific ...
Rasmussen, Lars S, Steinmetz, Jacob
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