April 1, 2013Neurodegenerative Disease Management

Dissecting the Possible Influences of Anesthesia and Surgery On Alzheimer’s Disease

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Why the study?

Does anesthesia and surgery influence the development of postoperative cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease in older people?

Population

Older people (aged 65 years or over) undergoing anesthesia and surgery

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LELisbeth EveredCross-Cutting Cardiology

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Implication

Preoperative cognitive assessment may identify at-risk older surgical patients; leaves open causal links to Alzheimer's neuropathology.

Structured PICO

Does anesthesia and surgery influence the development of postoperative cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease in older people?

Population

Older people (aged 65 years or over) undergoing anesthesia and surgery

Intervention

Anesthesia and surgery

Outcome

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease

Preoperative cognitive assessment should become routine practice to help identify associations between postoperative cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease.

Cite This Study

Lisbeth Evered (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a715423f44fa9f079df1e93 https://doi.org/10.2217/nmt.13.8

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Dissecting the Possible Influences of Anesthesia and Surgery On Alzheimer’s Disease

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