Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Brain Structural and Functional Changes Associated With Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders: Research Update
Study context
- Population
- Elderly patients with postoperative neurocognitive disorders (PNDs)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Risk factors incl. surgical trauma and stress mediate systemic inflammation towards neuroinflammation, causing brain structural and functional changes (PND)
- Preliminary evidence on EEG, functional near-infrared spectroscopy, functional magnetic resonance and positron emission tomography imaging for postoperative CNS monitoring
Original publication
Brain Structural and Functional Changes Associated With Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders: Research Update. Anesth Analg. Published 19 February 2025. doi:10.
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