{"title":"Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: A Review.","authors":"Neelesh Anand, Reetika Gupta, Shashi Prakash Mishra, Manjaree Mishra","doi":"10.6859/aja.202408/PP.0001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Elderly patients are more vulnerable to cognitive dysfunction in the postoperative period. Patients who are apparently well in cognitive functions in the preoperative period after undergoing anesthesia in noncardiac surgery will develop symptoms of cognitive dysfunction. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) doesn't continue for a long duration and usually undergoes self-resolution. Proper definitions and congruous tests for diagnosis are absent. Rigorous preoperative assessment of cognitive function and distinguishing risk factors are indispensable for recognizing the range of POCD and its association with surgery and anesthesia. Recent studies haven't revealed any anesthesia technique or drug which can significantly reduce the incidence of POCD. Therefore, giving accurate information to patients can be challenging.</p>","PeriodicalId":8482,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of anesthesiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asian journal of anesthesiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.6859/aja.202408/PP.0001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Elderly patients are more vulnerable to cognitive dysfunction in the postoperative period. Patients who are apparently well in cognitive functions in the preoperative period after undergoing anesthesia in noncardiac surgery will develop symptoms of cognitive dysfunction. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) doesn't continue for a long duration and usually undergoes self-resolution. Proper definitions and congruous tests for diagnosis are absent. Rigorous preoperative assessment of cognitive function and distinguishing risk factors are indispensable for recognizing the range of POCD and its association with surgery and anesthesia. Recent studies haven't revealed any anesthesia technique or drug which can significantly reduce the incidence of POCD. Therefore, giving accurate information to patients can be challenging.
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Asian Journal of Anesthesiology (AJA), launched in 1962, is the official and peer-reviewed publication of the Taiwan Society of Anaesthesiologists. It is published quarterly (March/June/September/December) by Airiti and indexed in EMBASE, Medline, Scopus, ScienceDirect, SIIC Data Bases. AJA accepts submissions from around the world. AJA is the premier open access journal in the field of anaesthesia and its related disciplines of critical care and pain in Asia. The number of Chinese anaesthesiologists has reached more than 60,000 and is still growing. The journal aims to disseminate anaesthesiology research and services for the Chinese community and is now the main anaesthesiology journal for Chinese societies located in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore. AJAcaters to clinicians of all relevant specialties and biomedical scientists working in the areas of anesthesia, critical care medicine and pain management, as well as other related fields (pharmacology, pathology molecular biology, etc). AJA''s editorial team is composed of local and regional experts in the field as well as many leading international experts. Article types accepted include review articles, research papers, short communication, correspondence and images.
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