The prevalence of cognitive impairment in emergency general surgery

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1031-1035

  Hewitt, Jonathan ^a   Williams, Matthew ^a   Pearce, Lyndsay ^b   Black, Amy ^a   Benson, Emily ^c   Tarrant, Madelaine ^c   Chakrabati, Mahua ^d   Stechman, Michael J ^e   Moug, Susan J ^f   McCarthy, Kathryn ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b North West Surgical Rotation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d West of Scotland Surgical Rotation   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute general surgery; Cognitive impairment; Elderly; MoCA; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCY; INFORMED CONSENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84907971214     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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