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Tag: open-heart surgery

Nurse specialist Annelie Nilsson checks on patient Janet Prochazka, 74, during her stay at the San Francisco General Hospital on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Not infrequently after surgery, patients such as these will experience postoperative cognitive dysfunction
Posted inAging

Focus on Postoperative Decline Could Help NC Patients, Hospitals

by Thomas Goldsmith July 16, 2018

By Thomas Goldsmith Conversation after an older person’s surgery sometimes goes like this: “Grandpa has just not been the same since his operation — he often forgets words and can’t complete simple tasks.” Doctors have long believed that cognitive decline often follows surgery — more than half of people who have open-heart surgery go through […]

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