Open AccessPostoperative Cognitive Dysfunction Is Independent of Type of Surgery and Anesthetic
Author(s) -
Lisbeth Evered,
David A. Scott,
Brendan Silbert,
Paul Maruff
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e318215217e
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , postoperative cognitive dysfunction , sedation , anesthetic , surgery , incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , coronary artery bypass surgery , cardiopulmonary bypass , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , artery , cognition , physics , psychiatry , optics
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) has been documented after cardiac and noncardiac surgery. The type of surgery and anesthetic has been assumed to be associated with the incidence but there are few prospective data comparing the incidence after different procedures. In this study, we sought to determine the association of the type of surgical procedure and anesthesia on the incidence of POCD after procedures involving light sedation, general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery, and general anesthesia for cardiac surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass.