Key result
Noncardiac surgery links to both overt neurologic injury and subtle neuropsychological deficits.
Why the study?
The incidence and types of nervous system injuries associated with noncardiac surgery require review and clarification.
What are the neurologic complications associated with noncardiac surgery?
What are the neurologic complications associated with noncardiac surgery?
This review highlights the spectrum of neurologic complications following noncardiac surgery, ranging from overt stroke to subtle cognitive dysfunction.
Prompts evaluation for both overt and subtle neurologic injury after noncardiac surgery; leaves open standardized detection and prevention trials.
In this article, the incidence of nervous system injuries associated with noncardiac surgery is reviewed briefly. In general, these can be divided into injuries that are clinically apparent (eg, stroke or peripheral nerve damage), which may generally be detectable on clinical examination, and more subtle forms of brain injury (eg, personality changes and postoperative cognitive dysfunction), injuries that are primarily detected by neuropsychological testing.
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John M. Murkin (2006) conducted a review in Nervous system injuries associated with noncardiac surgery. Noncardiac surgery was evaluated. Nervous system injuries associated with noncardiac surgery can be divided into clinically apparent injuries and more subtle forms of brain injury detected by neuropsychological testing.
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