Postoperative cognitive dysfunction

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a decline in cognitive function (especially in memory and executive functions) that may last from 1–12 months after surgery, or longer. ^[1]

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1. 23 relations: Alzheimer's disease, Anesthesia, Anesthesiology (journal), ASA physical status classification system, Beta blocker, Cerebral hypoxia, Cochrane Library, Cognition, Delirium, Dementia, Electroencephalography, Emergence delirium, Executive functions, Hypotension, Hypoxemia, Inflammation, Ischemia, Memory, Mild cognitive impairment, Stroke, The BMJ, The Lancet, The Washington Post.

2. Cognitive disorders

Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease are cognitive disorders.

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Anesthesia

Anesthesia or anaesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes.

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Anesthesiology (journal)

Anesthesiology, a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal founded in 1940, leads the world in publication of peer-reviewed novel research that transforms clinical practice and fundamental understanding in anesthesiology: the practice of perioperative, critical care, and pain medicine.

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ASA physical status classification system

The ASA physical status classification system is a system for assessing the fitness of patients before surgery. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and ASA physical status classification system are anesthesia.

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Beta blocker

Beta blockers, also spelled β-blockers, are a class of medications that are predominantly used to manage abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmia), and to protect the heart from a second heart attack after a first heart attack (secondary prevention).

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Cerebral hypoxia

Cerebral hypoxia is a form of hypoxia (reduced supply of oxygen), specifically involving the brain; when the brain is completely deprived of oxygen, it is called cerebral anoxia.

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Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library (named after Archie Cochrane) is a collection of databases in medicine and other healthcare specialties provided by Cochrane and other organizations.

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Cognition

Cognition is the "mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses".

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Delirium

Delirium (formerly acute confusional state, an ambiguous term which is now discouraged) is a specific state of acute confusion attributable to the direct physiological consequence of a medical condition, effects of a psychoactive substance, or multiple causes, which usually develops over the course of hours to days. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and Delirium are cognitive disorders.

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Dementia

Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and Dementia are cognitive disorders.

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Electroencephalography

Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain.

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Emergence delirium

Emergence delirium is a condition in which emergence from general anesthesia is accompanied by psychomotor agitation. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and emergence delirium are anesthesia.

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Executive functions

In cognitive science and neuropsychology, executive functions (collectively referred to as executive function and cognitive control) are a set of cognitive processes that are necessary for the cognitive control of behavior: selecting and successfully monitoring behaviors that facilitate the attainment of chosen goals.

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Hypotension

Hypotension, also known as low blood pressure, is a cardiovascular condition characterized by abnormally reduced blood pressure.

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Hypoxemia

Hypoxemia is an abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood.

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Inflammation

Inflammation (from inflammatio) is part of the biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.

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Ischemia

Ischemia or ischaemia is a restriction in blood supply to any tissue, muscle group, or organ of the body, causing a shortage of oxygen that is needed for cellular metabolism (to keep tissue alive).

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Memory

Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed.

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Mild cognitive impairment

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a neurocognitive disorder which involves cognitive impairments beyond those expected based on an individual's age and education but which are not significant enough to interfere with instrumental activities of daily living. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and Mild cognitive impairment are cognitive disorders.

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Stroke

Stroke (also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or brain attack) is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death.

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The BMJ

The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Group, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association (BMA).

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The Lancet

The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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See also

Cognitive disorders

• Alzheimer's disease
• Amnesia
• Binswanger's disease
• Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome
• Clinical Dementia Rating
• Clouding of consciousness
• Cognitive disorder
• Cognitive impairment
• Cognitive vulnerability
• Corticobasal degeneration
• Corticobasal syndrome
• Delirium
• Dementia
• Dementia with Lewy bodies
• Disabilities affecting intellectual abilities
• Early onset dementia
• Frontal Assessment Battery
• Frontotemporal dementia
• Frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17
• Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
• HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder
• Learning problems in childhood cancer
• Lewy Body Dementia Association
• Lewy body dementia
• Logopenic progressive aphasia
• Memory disorders
• Mild cognitive impairment
• Paratonia
• Post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment
• Postoperative cognitive dysfunction
• Prevention of dementia
• Primary progressive aphasia
• Progressive nonfluent aphasia
• Progressive supranuclear palsy
• REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Single-Question Screen
• Semantic dementia
• Severe cognitive impairment
• Subcortical dementia
• Vascular dementia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postoperative_cognitive_dysfunction

Also known as POCD, Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction.

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