Cumulative exposure to general anesthesias and cognitive dysfunction at age 75 in the Vienna Transdanube Aging "VITA" study

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-26

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Wallner, Helene ^a   Jungwirth, Susanne ^b   Weissgram, Silvia ^b   Krampla, Wolfgang ^c   Bauer, Peter ^a   Tragl, Karl Heinz ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Ludwig Boltzmann Society   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33847136490     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.1.21     Document Type: Article

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