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Surgical procedures and postoperative cognitive dysfunction
Author(s) -
Beri Anand
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.462
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , cognition , postoperative cognitive dysfunction , etiology , medicine , psychology , surgery , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , communication
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a serious side effect of surgery with the potential to affect the long‐term wellbeing of patients. Here the authors discuss the risk factors and possible aetiology of the disorder.