Subjective cognitive complaints in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery: a prospective single centre cohort trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few perioperative studies have assessed subjective cognitive complaint (SCC) in combination with neuropsychological testing. New nomenclature guidelines require both SCC and objective decline on cognitive testing. The objective of our study was to compare SCC and neuropsychological testing in an elderly surgical cohort.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort trial at a single urban medical centre. We included patients older than 65 yr, undergoing major non-cardiac surgery with general anaesthesia. Those with dementia or inability to consent were excluded, as were those undergoing emergency, cardiac, or intracranial procedures. Patients completed a neuropsychiatry battery before and 3 months after surgery. SCC was defined utilising the single

SUBMITTER: Deiner S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6676774 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature