Diseases

Postoperative Cognitive Complications

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT or functional decline after a surgical procedure.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT or functional decline after a surgical procedure.

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17 entry terms
  • Postoperative Cognitive Decline
  • Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Cognitive Complication, Postoperative
  • Cognitive Decline, Postoperative
  • Cognitive Dysfunction, Postoperative
  • Complication, Postoperative Cognitive
  • Decline, Postoperative Cognitive
  • Dysfunction, Postoperative Cognitive
  • Postoperative Cognitive Complication
  • Postoperative Cognitive Disorders
  • Postoperative Dementia
  • Cognitive Disorder, Postoperative
  • Dementia, Postoperative
  • Dementias, Postoperative
  • Disorder, Postoperative Cognitive
  • Postoperative Cognitive Disorder
  • Postoperative Dementias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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2020

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Postoperative Cognitive Complications. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000079690. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000079690
  2. Postoperative Cognitive Complications. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postoperative_cognitive_dysfunction
  3. Postoperative Cognitive Complications. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956181