Epidural analgesia combined with general anaesthesia to prevent cognitive dysfunction: more than a single strategy?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire (CHU) Carémeau, Place du Professeur Debré, Nîmes, and IMAGINE, Montpellier University 1, Montpellier, France.
² Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire (CHU) Carémeau, Place du Professeur Debré, Nîmes, and IMAGINE, Montpellier University 1, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: philippe.cuvillon@chu-nimes.fr.

Editorial

Yann Gricourt et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;41(5):101136.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2022.101136. Epub 2022 Jul 29.

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire (CHU) Carémeau, Place du Professeur Debré, Nîmes, and IMAGINE, Montpellier University 1, Montpellier, France.
² Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire (CHU) Carémeau, Place du Professeur Debré, Nîmes, and IMAGINE, Montpellier University 1, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: philippe.cuvillon@chu-nimes.fr.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cognitive dysfunction; Epidural analgesia; Outcome; Surgery.

Comment on

Impact of combined epidural anaesthesia/analgesia on postoperative cognitive impairment in patients receiving general anaesthesia: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled studies.
Teng IC, Sun CK, Ho CN, Wang LK, Lin YT, Chang YJ, Chen JY, Chu CC, Hsing CH, Hung KC. Teng IC, et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2022 Oct;41(5):101119. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2022.101119. Epub 2022 Jun 28. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2022. PMID: 35777653