Cognitive dysfunction after concussion

Cognitive dysfunction after concussion. Authors did not to comment on the single truly significant result.

[Cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery].

In spite of the progress in medicine post operative cognitive deficiency (POCD) remains an important clinical problem. Since the introduction of cardiac surgery there have been frequent reports of its adverse neurological outcomes. Recent technological advances have contributed to a lesser occurrence of clinically evident complications such as coma, stroke, epilepsy or blindness. This brought t...

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery.

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is frequent in cardiac surgeries leading to major consequences. The physiopathological processes involved in this condition are still not completely elucidated, despite the multifactor character. Besides pre-operative factors such as age and education, some intra-operative factors are also of extreme importance. However, according to a vast literature on the ...

Predictors of cognitive dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage.

BACKGROUND Cognitive dysfunction is a common and disabling sequela of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Although several clinical and radiographic findings have been implicated in the pathogenesis of cognitive dysfunction after SAH, few prospective studies have comprehensively and simultaneously evaluated these risk factors. METHODS Between July 1996 and March 2000, we prospectively evaluated 11...

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) remains a serious complication with increasing importance. Cerebral dysfunction after surgery presents as stroke, delirium, or POCD. POCD is the post-operative disturbance of memory, and speed of information processing. The incidence of POCD is dependent on the type of procedure. The highest incidence of POCD occurs in patients undergoing cardiac surge...