Prospective association of general anesthesia with risk of cognitive decline in a Chinese elderly community population

Abstract As life expectancy increases and the population grows, the number of surgeries performed each year is likely to continue to increase. We evaluated whether surgery with general anesthesia increases risk for cognitive impairment in a Chinese elderly community population. The current data was...

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Main Authors: Wei Li, Jianjun Jiang, Song Zhang, Ling Yue, Shifu Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39300-5