Challenges With Postoperative Cognitive Impairment Research

Rameela Chandrasekhar^{1

2}, E Wesley Ely^{1

3

4}, Mayur B Patel^{1

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, 2525 West End Avenue, 4th Floor, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center Service, Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁵ Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, & Surgical Critical Care, Departments of Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Hearing & Speech Sciences, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Comment

Rameela Chandrasekhar et al. JAMA Surg. 2019.

. 2019 Apr 1;154(4):334-335.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5110.

Rameela Chandrasekhar^{1

2}, E Wesley Ely^{1

3

4}, Mayur B Patel^{1

3

5}

¹ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, 2525 West End Avenue, 4th Floor, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center Service, Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁵ Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, & Surgical Critical Care, Departments of Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Hearing & Speech Sciences, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Association Between Postoperative Delirium and Long-term Cognitive Function After Major Nonemergent Surgery.
Austin CA, O'Gorman T, Stern E, Emmett D, Stürmer T, Carson S, Busby-Whitehead J. Austin CA, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019 Apr 1;154(4):328-334. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5093. JAMA Surg. 2019. PMID: 30649138 Free PMC article.