Beyond Cognitive Screening: Establishing an Interprofessional Perioperative Brain Health Initiative.
Justyne DeckerCarolyn L KaloostianTatyana GurvichPhuong NguyenWilliam WidjajaHugo CardonaVeronica PaganArash MotamedCarol Jane PedenPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)
Cognitive screening must be done to reliably identify older surgical patients at risk of PND. Demonstrating the prevalence of cognitive impairment in older surgical patients can provide impetus to develop a multidisciplinary team and care pathway with the aim of reducing the incidence of PNDs. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:2359-2364, 2020.
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