Cerebral blood flow MRI in the nondemented elderly is not predictive of post-operative delirium but is correlated with cognitive performance

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1386-1397

  Hshieh, Tammy T ^a,b   Dai, Weiying ^c,d   Cavallari, Michele ^a   Guttmann, Charles Rg ^a   Meier, Dominik S ^a   Schmitt, Eva M ^b   Dickerson, Bradford C ^e   Press, Daniel Z ^c   Marcantonio, Edward R ^c   Jones, Richard N ^b,f   Gou, Yun Ray ^b   Travison, Thomas G ^b,c   Fong, Tamara G ^b,c   Ngo, Long ^c   Inouye, Sharon K ^b,c   Alsop, David C ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d State University of New York   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial spin labeling; Cerebral blood flow; Cognition; Delirium

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HOPKINS VERBAL LEARNING TEST; HOPKINS VERBAL LEARNING TEST-REVISED TOTAL SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MODIFIED MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAIL MAKING TESTS A; TRAIL MAKING TESTS B; VISUAL SEARCH AND ATTENTION TEST SCORE; Z-SCORE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COGNITIVE AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCE DELIRIUM; INCIDENCE; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITIVE AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCE DELIRIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85026303186     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X16656014     Document Type: Article

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