Chapter 6 Animal Models and Cognitive Testing of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders Maryellen F. Eckenhoff , PhD and Colm Cunningham , PhD Introduction Problems of clinical importance often are first noticed…
Chapter 5 Persistent Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorder Does Surgery Accelerate Dementia? Katie J. Schenning , MD and Kirk J. Hogan , MD, JD Introduction The question posed by the title of…
Chapter 4 Postoperative Cognitive Improvement Franchesca Arias , PhD, Kimberly T. Sibille , MA, PhD, and Catherine C. Price , PhD, ABPP-CN Introduction Evidence suggests that increased age, low education,…
Chapter 2 Postoperative Delirium Jennifer Gabbard , MD, Frederick E. Sieber , MD, and Esther S. Oh , MD Introduction The number of adults age 65 and older within the…
Chapter 1 Emergence Delirium A New Hypothesis for an Old Problem Alexander Proekt , MD, PhD Introduction The taxonomy of disorders of consciousness encountered in the perioperative period is in…
