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| An operation under general anasthesia as a risk factor for age-related cognitive decline: results from a large cross-sectional population study | | Author(s) | Jeanette B Dijkstra, Martin P J Van Boxtel, Peter J Houx |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 10, October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 1258-1265 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Surgery ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study investigated the possible relationship between operation under general anaesthesia and age-related cognitive decline. Participants were 1257 healthy persons aged between 24 and 86 years, of which 946 had undergone surgery under general anaesthesia. Results showed that a history of an operation under general anaesthesia, the number of operations, and the total duration of anaesthesia significantly contributed to the number of subjective health-related complaints, but did not predict cognitive performance or memory complaints. No interactions with age were found. The results lend no support for the notion that a history of an operation under general anaesthesia is a determinant or risk factor for accelerated age-related cognitive decline. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981118418 A |
| Classmark | EA: LKA: 3KB: 7T |
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