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aNotepad - free online notepad Toggle navigation * Features * Register/Login * ANESTHESIA AND MEMORY LOSS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS Share One of the most important concerns for patients after undergoing surgery is postoperative cognitive decline. It affects a large number of older adults. dementia and wandering Postoperative neurocognitive decline may share mechanisms with Alzheimer's disease. Studies have shown that general anesthesia can have an adverse impact on thinking and memory. However, there is still much to learn about the long-term effects of anesthesia on the brain. tracking device for alzheimer's patients A recent study compared the cognitive functioning of people who had undergone orthopedic surgery. Overall, the patients showed a small decrease in immediate memory over the course of four years. During the post-operative period, there were also declines in verbal fluency, attention, and constructional praxis. Another study looked at the effects of anesthesia on a group of elderly patients without dementia. After surgery, they completed a computerized cognitive battery. While there were no significant changes in the immediate memory of the patients, they did show some cognitive decline in their geometric form association. They were also more likely to have abnormal memory than the control group. Finally, a new study examined the long-term effects of anesthesia on cognitive tests designed to screen for dementia. The study was performed on elderly adults 55 years of age or older who underwent major non-cardiac surgery. Researchers found that 10% of the patients showed long-term mental deterioration. Previously, reports had indicated that some elderly patients were at risk for anesthesia-related short-term memory loss. Moreover, the study found that some types of anesthesia could lead to faster recovery from short-term changes in the brain. Public Last updated: 2023-02-26 01:39:56 PM Comments © 2009-2023 aNotepad.com About | Privacy | Features | Resume Builder | Free Fax | Report Abuse aNotepad.com is your everyday online notepad. You can take notes and share notes online without having to login. You can use a rich text editor and download your note as PDF or Word document. Best of all - aNotepad is a fast, clean, and easy-to-use notepad online. × SELECT YOUR LANGUAGE * English * Deutsch * Español * Français * Bahasa Indonesia * Italiano * Português * Tiếng Việt * Türkçe * Русский * ภาษาไทย * 한국어 * 中文(简体) * 中文(繁體) * 日本語