New insights into the pathophysiology of postoperative cognitive dysfunction

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 951-956

  Krenk, L ^a,b   Rasmussen, L S ^a   Kehlet, H ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Lundbeck Centre for Fast track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CYTOKINE; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE;

BRAIN PERFUSION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFECT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 77955262711     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02268.x     Document Type: Review

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