Measurement of post-operative cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery: A systematic review

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 663-677

  Rudolph, J L ^a   Schreiber, K A ^b   Culley, D J ^a   McGlinchey, R E ^c   Crosby, G ^a   Levitsky, S ^d   Marcantonio, E R ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 77953160727     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02236.x     Document Type: Review

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