Preoperative vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of postoperative cognitive dysfunction: a predefined exploratory sub-analysis.

Y ZhangG-J ShanY-X ZhangS-J CaoS-N ZhuH-J LiD MaDong-Xin Wangnull null

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2018)

Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in elderly patients undergoing major cancer surgery and increases the risk of early POCD development. Whether prophylactic vitamin D supplementation can reduce POCD in the elderly deserves further study.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
middle aged
minimally invasive
papillary thyroid
community dwelling
coronary artery bypass
squamous cell
squamous cell carcinoma
coronary artery disease
lymph node metastasis
surgical site infection
childhood cancer