Open AccessEffects of stage I hypertension on the recovery of early postoperative attention networks in elderly patients undergoing elective hip or knee arthroplasty surgery
Author(s) -
Dan Zhao,
Jun Li,
Rui Yang,
Guanghong Xu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-1902-58
Subject(s) - medicine , arthroplasty , cognition , physical therapy , anesthesia , surgery , psychiatry
Hypertension is an important risk factor for cognitive impairment. This study explored whether elderly patients with stage I hypertension (HPs) and normotensive patients (NPs) showed differences in the recovery of postoperative attention network function according to the attentional network test (ANT) performance.
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