Cognitive decline in the elderly: Is anaesthesia implicated?

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-393

  Silbert, Brendan ^a,b   Evered, Lisbeth ^a   Scott, David A ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; anaesthesia; cognition; postoperative cognitive dysfunction; surgery

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMBOLISM; HEART SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 80053012982     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: 1532169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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