A History of Alcohol Dependence Increases the Incidence and Severity of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgical Patients

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) commonly occurs after cardiac surgery. We tested the hypothesis that a history of alcohol dependence is associated with an increased incidence and severity of POCD in male patients undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass. Recent verbal and n...

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Autores principales: Hudetz, Judith A., Patterson, Kathleen M., Byrne, Alison J., Iqbal, Zafar, Gandhi, Sweeta D., Warltier, David C., Pagel, Paul S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2800057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20049218
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6112725

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