Postoperative cognitive dysfunction: computerized and conventional tests showed only moderate inter-rater reliability.

Purpose: The incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) depends on the test battery and calculation method used. The measurements may be performed with a paper and pencil test battery or with a computerized test battery. The objective of this study was to measure the incidence and congruence of POCD by comparing a computerized test battery with a paper and pencil test battery in the same patient population.

New strategies to detect alcohol use disorders in the preoperative assessment clinic of a German university hospital.

Background: Although alcohol use disorders (AUDs) have enormous public health consequences, the rate of diagnosis of AUDs remains unsatisfactorily low. The primary aim of this study was to compare the detection of AUDs by anesthesiologists in a large preoperative assessment clinic to that by computerized self-assessment of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test. Secondary outcome measures were to compare the actions taken by anesthesiologists upon a finding of an AUD.