Anesthesia and Alzheimer's disease: Time to wake up!

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-344

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

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DESFLURANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEVOFLURANE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANESTHESIA; BISPECTRAL INDEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGERY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANESTHESIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84873800544     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001792     Document Type: Review

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