Postoperative cognitive dysfunction versus complaints: A discrepancy in long-term findings

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Dijkstra, Jeanette B ^a,b   Jolles, Jellemer ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive complaints; Cognitive performance; General anesthesia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SURGERY; TIME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036491806     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015404122161     Document Type: Review

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