AI Article Synopsis
- Postoperative cognitive recovery is vital for patients and clinicians, but there hasn't been enough research on subjective cognitive complaints (SCC) after modern surgeries and anesthesia.
- The article describes how SCC anecdotes relate to the established research diagnosis of postoperative cognitive decline (POCD) and uses recent studies to provide context.
- It aims to equip anesthesiologists with knowledge on what is currently known—and not known—about cognitive recovery following surgery and anesthesia.
Article Abstract
Postoperative cognitive recovery is deeply important to patients and perioperative clinicians. Despite decades of data on "postoperative cognitive decline" (POCD), a research diagnosis based on objective cognitive test performance, perspectives on subjective cognitive complaints (SCC) after modern surgery/anesthesia have not been systematically collected or studied despite their recent inclusion in the 2018 redefinition of "postoperative neurocognitive disorder." The authors describe the alignment between SCC anecdotes and the research diagnosis of POCD, contextualizing these findings using recent literature within and outside anesthesiology. This article prepares anesthesiologists to discuss what is, and is not, known about subjective cognitive recovery after surgery/anesthesia.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aan.2024.07.003 | DOI Listing |
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