Key result
This review outlines the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of postoperative cognitive dysfunction, noting that cognitive impairment or delirium occurs in about 40% of elderly patients after surgery.
Why the study?
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is an increasing medical and social problem in elderly surgical patients that requires a systematic multidisciplinary approach to its pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment.
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a significant medical and social problem requiring a multidisciplinary approach for its pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment.
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Cognitive impairment or delirium occurs in about 40% of elderly patients after surgery. The increasing number of elderly people has led to a significant increase in the number of cases of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). This is one of the most important medical and social problems, the analysis of which is especially difficult, since it requires the coordination of a large number of specialties: anesthesiology, surgery, neurology, psychiatry, neuropsychology, as well as fundamental neurosciences. Thus, a systematic multidisciplinary approach that takes into account all possible factors affecting the condition of patients should be considered. The article is devoted to the main aspects of the pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of POCD.
May warrant enhanced perioperative cognitive monitoring in elderly patients; leaves open optimal prevention strategies.
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Lyashenko et al. (2020) conducted a review in Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). This review outlines the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of postoperative cognitive dysfunction, noting that cognitive impairment or delirium occurs in about 40% of elderly patients after surgery.
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