Effectiveness of cognitive interventions for adult surgical patients after general anaesthesia to improve cognitive functioning: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

To examine the effectiveness of cognitive interventions after general anaesthesia to improve cognitive functioning.

Background

The number of surgical procedures performed worldwide is large and growing. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a common complication associated with poor postoperative outcomes. A variety of cognitive interventions have been developed to maintain or improve cognitive function in one or more cognitive domains. Cognitive interventions have shown to be effective in healthy older populations, those with mild cognitive impairment, and those with heart failure. The impact of cognitive interventions in surgical patients after general anaesthesia is a relatively new focus of research and is therefore less well established.

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SUBMITTER: Bowden T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946716 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature