Postoperative cognitive dysfunction
The post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) (engl. "Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD)) is a disorder of cognition after an operation .
To identify the dysfunctions, a test battery is used that covers the various domains of cognition (e.g. memory , learning and the ability to concentrate ). The values are compared preoperatively and postoperatively with a comparison group without surgery but with the same time interval in order to compensate for the learning effect.
For example, as a test of the battery by ISPOCD (International Study of PostOperative Cognitive Dysfunction), the Stroop effect discovered by John Ridley Stroop was tested.
literature
- LS Rasmussen, T. Johnson et al. a .: Does anesthesia cause postoperative cognitive dysfunction? A randomized study of regional versus general anesthesia in 438 elderly patients. In: Acta Anesthesiologica Scandinavica. 47, 2003, p. 260, doi : 10.1034 / j.1399-6576.2003.00057.x .
