Cognitive dysfunction after surgery and anaesthesia: What can we tell the grandparents?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-150

  Seymour, D Gwyn ^a   Severn, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Cognitive; Dysfunction; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR SURGERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 61449122119     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn289     Document Type: Article

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