Open AccessCognitive decline among older adults: A hidden preexisting condition and its role in ‘brain‐at‐risk’ surgical patients
Author(s) -
Brenna Connor T. A.,
Orser Beverley A.,
Avramescu Sinziana,
Fleet Andrew,
Kaustov Lilia,
Choi Stephen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
brain and behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 2162-3279
DOI - 10.1002/brb3.2095
Subject(s) - sequela , neurocognitive , neuropsychology , medicine , cognition , cognitive impairment , cognitive decline , postoperative cognitive dysfunction , neuropsychological testing , clinical psychology , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , dementia , disease
Preexisting cognitive impairment is an important, but underrecognized, predictor of postoperative neurocognitive dysfunction, a common and important sequela of surgery. We have applied computerized neuropsychological testing as an efficient and reliable means of detecting preexisting cognitive impairment in two studies of cardiac and noncardiac surgical populations and propose that this tool has great potential in routine clinical diagnosis.