Association of changes in plasma neurofilament light and tau levels with anesthesia and surgery: Results from the CAPACITY and ARCADIAN studies

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 542-547

  Evered, Lisbeth ^a,b   Silbert, Brendan ^a,b   Scott, David A ^a,b   Zetterberg, Henrik ^c,d   Blennow, Kaj ^c  

^a Centre for Anaesthesia and Cognitive Function   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; TAU PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN L;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGERY; TAU PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TAU PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85047090784     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.4913     Document Type: Article

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