Predictors of early postoperative cognitive dysfunction in middle-aged patients undergoing cardiac surgery: retrospective observational study.
Takafumi OyoshiKengo MaekawaYuki MitsutaNaoyuki HirataPublished in: Journal of anesthesia (2023)
More than one-third of middle-aged patients undergoing cardiac surgery developed POCD. Our findings suggested preoperative MCI and infarcts detected by MRI were risk factors for POCD in these middle-aged patients.