Surgery and Anesthesia Exposure Is Not a Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment After Major Noncardiac Surgery and Critical Illness

G. Hughes, Christopher; B. Patel, Mayur; C. Jackson, James; D. Girard, Timothy; K. Geevarghese, Sunil; C. Norman, Brett; L. Thompson, Jennifer; Chandrasekhar, Rameela; E. Brummel, Nathan; K. May, Addison; R. Elstad, Mark; L. Wasserstein, Mitzi; B. Goodman, Richard; G.M. Moons, Karel; S. Dittus, Robert; Wesley Ely, E.; P. Pandharipande, Pratik

doi:10.1097/sla.0000000000001885

Public

Surgery and Anesthesia Exposure Is Not a Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment After Major Noncardiac Surgery and Critical Illness

Published in Annals of Surgery • Jul 19, 2016

Authors:

Christopher G. Hughes

Mayur B. Patel

James C. Jackson

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether surgery and anesthesia exposure is an independent risk factor for cognitive impairment after major noncardiac surgery associated with critical illness. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Postoperative cognitive impairment is a prevalent individual a...

Subject

Medicine

Cognition

Anesthesiology

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!